Unmet need for modern contraceptives and associated factors among women in the extended postpartum period in Dessie town, Ethiopia

Table 5 Factors associated with unmet contraceptive need during extended postpartum period, Dessie town, northeast Ethiopia, 2014 (n = 382)

Variable	Unmet need		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	P-value
	Yes	No
Age
≤ 24	59	39	1
25–34	91	134	.45(.23, .73)	.744(.22, 2.52)	0.635
35+	23	36	.42(.22, .82)	.71(.25,1.99)	0.511
Women education
Illiterate	37	15	3.52 (2.23, 4.88)	3.37(1.22, 7.57)^a	0.017
Educated	136	194	1
Living arrangement
Alone/Parents	51	32	2.31(1.24, 4.89)	1.41(.15, 2.08)	0.071
Spouse	122	177	1	1
Ever use of contraception
Yes	90	146	1
No	83	63	2.14(1.40, 3.25)	2.00(.90, 2. 82)	0.109
ANC service
Yes	130	198	1
No	43	11	5.95(2.96, 11.97)	2.41(1.11, 5.79)^a	0.050
Site of delivery
Health instⁿ	116	189	1
Home	57	20	3.28(2.86, 5.90)	1.55(.59, 1.86)	0.071
Continuum of PNC
Yes	43	144	1
No	130	65	6.70(4.26, 10.53)	3.63(2.13, 6.19)^a	0.0001
knowledge of lactational amenorrhea method
No	51	153	1
Yes	122	56	6.54(4.18, 10.23)	7.84(4.10, 15.02)^a	0.001

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