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Table 6 Determinants of the utilization of PLARCs among married women in Shashogo district, 2021

From: Determinants of postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptives in the extended postpartum period in Shashago district, Central Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study conducted in the community

Character

Category

PLARC use

OR at 95% CI

No

Yes

Crude OR

Adjusted OR

Residence

Urban

64

60

1.8(1.3,2.8)

1.4(0.8,2.5)

Rural (ref.)

329

164

1

1

\(\le\)24

56

42

2.7(1.6,4.6)

0.9(0.4,1.8)

25–29

173

128

2.(1.8,4.1)

1.8(1.1,3.0) *

30–34(ref.)

142

39

1

1

35–49

22

15

2.4(1.2,5.2) *

8.7(3.6,21.5) **

Education

No education(ref.)

173

78

1

1

Able to read and write

148

71

1.1(0.7,1.6)

0.9(0.5,1.5)

Primary

53

50

2.1(1.3,3.3)

3.3(1.6,6.7) **

Secondary and above

19

25

2.9(1.5,5.6)

3.5(1.5,8.3) **

Occupation

Not-employed(ref.)

320

193

1

1

Employed

73

31

0.7(0.4,1) *

0.7(0.4,1.1)

Experience of abortion

Yes

55

14

2.4(1.3, 4.5) *

2.7(1.3, 5.4) **

No (ref.)

338

210

1

1

Knowledge about LARC

Poor(ref.)

295

108

1

1

Good

98

116

3.2(2.3,4.6) **

2.4(1.5,3.9) **

Source of information about LARC

Radio

39

24

0.7(0.4–1.2)

0.6(0.3,1.2)

Friends

149

21

0.2(0.1–0.3) *

0.1(0.1, 0.2) **

Health worker(ref.)

193

167

1

1

Husband

12

12

1.2(0.5,2.4)

0.6(0.2,1.5)

  1. Note 1: reference category, * p value < 0.05; AOR: adjusted odd ratio, COR: crude odd ratio***P\(<\)0.001