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Table 1. Percentage distribution of women aged 15 – 24 by contraceptive method currently used by study variable, Nepal, 2016
Characteristics N Not using contraception Using contraception Chi square test “P”
Total 4,568 84.9 15.1
Demographic characteristics
Age ***
15 – 19 2,429 93.6 6.4
20 – 24 2,139 75.1 24.9
Marital status ***
Currently married 2,237 69.4 30.6
Currently not married a 2,331 99.9 0.1
Caste/ethnic group ***
Chhetri/Bahun 1,350 86.4 13.6
Janajati 1,755 82.3 17.7
Tarai 823 86.4 13.6
Dalit 641 87.2 12.8
Number of children ever born ***
None 3,012 96.1 3.9
One child 1,027 65.2 34.8
Two or more 530 59.2 40.8
Socioeconomic characteristics
Residence
Rural 1,722 84.4 15.6
Urban 2,846 85.2 14.8
Ecological region
Mountain 306 83.7 16.3
Hill 2,041 84.3 15.7
Tarai area 2,221 85.7 14.3
Province **
Province 1 748 80.7 19.3
Madhesh 855 88.1 11.9
Bagmati 953 86.1 13.9
Gandaki 458 84.1 15.9
Lumbini 823 84.7 15.3
Karnali 293 84.3 15.7
Sudurpaschim 438 85.2 14.8
Wealth index
Poorest 843 85.8 14.2
Poor 969 83.9 16.1
Middle 907 85.0 15.0
Rich 1,015 85.0 15.0
Richest 835 85.1 14.9
Education ***
No education 378 79.4 20.6
Primary 595 80.0 20.0
Some secondary 1,907 84.9 15.1
SLC or Higher 1,688 88.0 12.0
Knowledge
Knowledge of legal status of abortion
Yes 2,574 85.0 15.0
No 1,994 84.9 15.1
All estimates were weighted. Per cents may not sum to 100 due to rounding. *P ≤ 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01; ***P ≤ 0.001. Currently not married also includes 6 women aged 15 – 19
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and 14 women aged 20 – 24 formerly in union. SLC: School leaving certificate.

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