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Table 2 Results of bivariate and multivariate logistics regression of health insurance coverage, selected socio-demographic variables on modern contraceptive use among sexually active women in Nigeria

From: Health insurance coverage and modern contraceptive use among sexually active women in Nigeria: Further analysis of 2018 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey

Variables N = 24,280

Modern contraceptive use

 

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Health Insurance Coverage

cOR [95% CI]

aOR [95% CI]

No

RC

RC

Yes

2.19***[1.73–2.77]

1.28*[1.01–1.62]

Age group

  

15–24

RC

RC

25–34

1.82***[1.61–2.07]

1.07[0.92–1.25]

35 +

1.89***[1.63–2.18]

0.73**[0.60–0.90]

Level of education

  

No education

RC

RC

Primary

4.03***[3.42–4.74]

2.17***[1.82–2.59]

Secondary and above

6.11***[5.24–7.12]

2.69***[2.22–3.27]

Marital status

  

Single

RC

RC

Currently Married

0.38***[0.31–0.48]

0.25***0.18–0.34]

Cohabitation

0.58**[0.42–0.79]

0.24***[0.16–0.36]

Previously married

0.98 [0.70–1.38]

0.38***[0.25–0.59]

Currently working

  

No

RC

RC

Yes

1.98***[1.75–2.24]

1.10[0.95–1.26]

Parity

  

No children

RC

RC

1–3

1.36**[1.13–1.63]

3.09***[2.47–3.87]

4 and above

1.42***[1.19–1.69]

5.00***[3.81–6.57]

Desire for more children

  

Want more

RC

RC

Undecided

1.74***[1.38–2.20]

1.53**[1.19–1.97]

No desire

2.18***[1.97–2.42]

1.81***[1.58–2.06]

Ethnicity

  

Hausa

RC

RC

Yoruba

6.06***[4.85–7.57]

1.86***[1.34–2.59]

Igbo

3.71***[2.93–4.71]

1.25[0.82–1.91]

Others

3.03***[2.44–3.76]

1.33[0.97–1.81]

Religious

  

Christianity

RC

RC

Islam

0.31***[0.27–0.35]

0.55***[0.44–0.70]

Traditional & Others

0.18***[0.08–0.39]

0.28**[0.14–0.57]

Read Newspaper

  

No

RC

RC

Yes

2.31***[2.02–2.64]

1.06[0.92–1.22]

Listening to radio

  

No

RC

RC

Yes

2.05***[1.82–2.30]

1.03[0.90–1.17]

Watch television

  

No

RC

RC

Yes

3.59***[3.16–4.09]

1.22**[1.05–1.42]

Wealth Index

  

Poorest

RC

RC

Poorer

1.92***[1.46–2.52]

1.42**[1.10–1.84]

Middle

3.56***[2.85–4.44]

1.76***[1.40–2.22]

Richer

6.47***[5.21–8.03]

2.34***[1.82–3.01]

Richest

7.94***[6.41–9.83]

2.33***[1.80–3.01]

Place of residence

  

Urban

RC

RC

Rural

0.37***[0.33–0.43]

0.79***[0.70–0.90]

Region

  

North-Central

RC

RC

North-East

0.46***[0.38–0.56]

1.05[0.87–1.26]

North-West

0.36***[0.28–0.46]

0.99[0.78–1.26]

South-East

0.95[0.79–1.15]

0.45***0.33–0.62]

South-South

1.23 [1.04–1.44]

0.60***[0.50–0.72]

South-West

1.74***[1.48–2.04]

0.74**[0.60–0.92]

  1. Weighted NDHS, 2018
  2. RC = Reference category; CI = confidence interval; cOR = unadjusted odds ratios; aOR = adjusted odds ratios
  3. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001