Table 2 Prevalence of unmet family planning needs by the sociodemographic profiles, N = 1236
Variables | Unmet need | Met Need | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | Â | |||
lower | upper | lower | upper | Â | |||||
Overall unmet needs | 288 | 26.7 | 22.6 | 31.3 | 948 | 73.3 | 68.7 | 77.4 | - |
 Unmet need for limiting | 215 | 20.7 | 17.1 | 24.8 | 1021 | 79.3 | 75.2 | 82.9 |  |
 Unmet need for spacing | 73 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 9.3 | 1163 | 94.0 | 90.7 | 96.1 |  |
Age group | |||||||||
 < 35 years | 138 | 22.6 | 17.5 | 28.6 | 502 | 77.4 | 71.4 | 82.5 |  |
 ≥ 35 years | 149 | 32.0 | 25.8 | 39.0 | 441 | 68.0 | 61.0 | 74.2 | 0.030 |
Level of education | |||||||||
 Secondary and below | 159 | 24.6 | 19.6 | 30.4 | 560 | 75.4 | 69.6 | 80.4 |  |
 Tertiary | 123 | 29.9 | 23.5 | 37.2 | 375 | 70.1 | 62.8 | 76.5 | 0.215 |
Strata | |||||||||
 Urban | 207 | 28.8 | 23.7 | 34.6 | 665 | 71.2 | 65.4 | 76.3 |  |
 Rural | 81 | 20.8 | 15.3 | 27.5 | 283 | 79.2 | 72.5 | 84.7 | 0.060 |
Zone | |||||||||
 South (Peninsular Malaysia) | 59 | 28.9 | 20.1 | 39.7 | 158 | 71.1 | 60.3 | 79.9 |  |
 North (Peninsular Malaysia) | 91 | 28.5 | 19.4 | 39.9 | 305 | 71.5 | 60.1 | 80.6 |  |
 East (Peninsular Malaysia) | 66 | 25.4 | 18.4 | 34.0 | 210 | 74.6 | 66.0 | 81.6 |  |
 Central (Peninsular Malaysia) | 42 | 37.3 | 26.8 | 49.1 | 87 | 62.7 | 50.9 | 73.2 |  |
 Sabah, Sarawak & FT Labuan | 30 | 12.2 | 7.6 | 19.0 | 188 | 87.8 | 81.0 | 92.4 | 0.002 |
Occupation | |||||||||
 Government or semi | 54 | 21.6 | 15.2 | 29.6 | 175 | 78.4 | 70.4 | 84.8 |  |
 Private employee | 61 | 38.2 | 28.5 | 48.9 | 154 | 61.8 | 51.1 | 71.5 |  |
 Employer or self-employed | 36 | 33.7 | 20.6 | 49.8 | 110 | 66.3 | 50.2 | 79.4 |  |
 Not working | 131 | 21.3 | 16.1 | 27.6 | 497 | 78.7 | 72.4 | 83.9 | 0.009 |
Household income | |||||||||
 Below 40% | 99 | 19.3 | 14.7 | 24.8 | 395 | 80.7 | 75.2 | 85.3 |  |
 Middle 40% | 130 | 32.1 | 25.3 | 39.6 | 413 | 67.9 | 60.4 | 74.7 |  |
 Top 20% | 58 | 29.0 | 20.8 | 38.9 | 138 | 71.0 | 61.1 | 79.2 | 0.009 |
Experience controlling behaviour from their partner | |||||||||
 No | 184 | 28.1 | 22.8 | 34.1 | 595 | 71.9 | 65.9 | 77.2 |  |
 Yes | 104 | 24.5 | 18.5 | 31.8 | 352 | 75.5 | 68.2 | 81.5 | 0.422 |