Number (percentage) of study participants (n = 206) with unmet need for effective family planning (i.e. do not want more children but are not using highly effective family planning methods)
| Variable | n | % | p* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 93 | 49.5 | 0.004 |
| Female | 113 | 69.0 | |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 128 | 52.3 | 0.004 |
| Cohabiting/single | 77 | 72.7 | |
| Occupation | |||
| Farmer/peasant | 139 | 60.4 | 0.994 |
| Business person | 30 | 60.0 | |
| Other | 37 | 59.5 | |
| Education | |||
| None | 34 | 64.7 | 0.765 |
| Lower primary | 63 | 63.5 | |
| Upper primary | 75 | 56.0 | |
| Secondary and above | 34 | 58.8 | |
| Dwelling quality† | |||
| Low | 19 | 63.2 | 0.277 |
| Medium | 159 | 62.3 | |
| High | 28 | 46.4 | |
| Ownership of radio | |||
| No | 45 | 71.1 | 0.091 |
| Yes | 161 | 57.1 | |
| Ownership of land | |||
| No | 32 | 75.0 | 0.063 |
| Yes | 174 | 57.5 | |
| Ownership of bicycle | |||
| No | 124 | 66.9 | 0.015 |
| Yes | 82 | 50.0 | |
| Ownership of animals | |||
| No | 95 | 58.9 | 0.735 |
| Yes | 111 | 61.3 | |
| Ownership of poultry | |||
| No | 69 | 63.7 | 0.457 |
| Yes | 137 | 55.4 | |
| Religious affiliation | |||
| Catholic | 93 | 58.0 | 0.548 |
| Protestant | 74 | 58.1 | |
| Muslim | 10 | 60.0 | |
| Other | 29 | 72.4 | |
| Ethnic group | |||
| Mutooro | 68 | 42.6 | <0.001 |
| Mukiga | 100 | 79.0 | |
| Other | 38 | 42.1 | |
| HIV-positive | |||
| No | 74 | 33.8 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 132 | 75.0 | |
| ART | |||
| No | 165 | 58.8 | 0.408 |
| Yes | 41 | 65.8 | |
| AIDS death in family | |||
| No | 62 | 58.1 | 0.738 |
| Yes | 142 | 60.6 | |
| AIDS death of child | |||
| No | 145 | 55.2 | 0.042 |
| Yes | 58 | 70.7 | |
| AIDS symptoms | |||
| No | 119 | 45.4 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 87 | 80.5 | |
| Unmet need | |||
| Yes (n=124) | No (n=82) | ||
| Age in years (mean±SD) | 35.0±5.7 | 30.9±7.1 | <0.001‡ |
| Number of pregnancies (mean±SD) | 5.4±2.9 | 4.0±2.6 | <0.001‡ |
| Number of living own children (mean±SD) | 4.6±2.6 | 3.2±2.2 | <0.001‡ |
| Number of non-biological children (mean±SD) | 1.3±1.2 | 1.0±1.2 | 0.052‡ |
↵* The p values are based on Chi-square (χ2) test unless otherwise specified.
↵† Dwelling quality variable was divided into three categories as low, medium and high based on the house floor, wall and roof structure [low: mud floor, mud/thatched walls and grass/thatched roof; medium: mud floor, mud/thatched walls and metal roof; high: cement/concrete/wood floor, walls of permanent materials and metal roof or any two out of three (i.e. floor, walls and roof) of this structure].
↵‡ Two independent sample t-test p value.
ART, antiretroviral therapy; SD, standard deviation.