TABLE 5 Adjusted Odds Ratios for Relationship Between Wealth Quintile and Use of LAPMs vs. Short-Acting Methods Among Study Sample of Modern Method Usersa
CountryQ1 (Poorest)Q2Q3Q4Q5 (Wealthiest)N
sub-Saharan Africa
Burundi1.000.590.810.980.991,075
Cameroon1.002.042.132.692.702,454
Ethiopia1.001.471.071.040.812,793
Kenya1.000.961.211.352.61**2,225
Lesotho1.002.53*2.46+5.24**6.59**2,489
Madagascar1.000.790.701.311.213,889
Malawi1.000.991.211.30+1.74**7,449
Namibia1.001.021.252.37**5.08**4,318
Nigeria1.001.652.17*2.27*2.28*3,117
Rwanda1.001.221.38+1.57*2.02**3,410
Senegal1.000.740.48*0.560.831,250
Swaziland1.001.551.631.341.861,837
Tanzania1.001.62+1.371.94*1.482,091
Zambia1.003.31*4.51**4.71**11.34**1,790
Zimbabwe1.001.040.721.051.80+3,690
Asia and the Middle East
Bangladesh1.000.80*0.69**0.59**0.54**8,755
Cambodia1.000.960.780.991.76*3,993
Egypt1.001.29**1.42**1.97**1.94**8,524
India1.000.87*0.83**0.77**0.53**45,224
Indonesia1.001.151.051.041.41*16,963
Jordan1.001.091.041.121.58+3,831
Nepal1.001.74**1.97**2.33**1.84**4,194
Pakistan1.000.851.050.881.063,532
Philippines1.001.181.051.081.203,024
Latin America and the Caribbean
Bolivia1.001.80**2.23**2.72**3.19**4,375
Colombia1.001.34**1.45**1.70**1.68**27,532
Dominican Republic1.001.52*1.74**1.40+1.84**5,026
Guyana1.001.271.501.501.531,541
Haiti1.000.55+0.580.520.541,874
Peru1.001.42*1.72**2.65**2.23**13,770
  • Abbreviations: LAPMs, long-acting and permanent methods; Q, quintile.

  • a Study sample is limited to women of reproductive age who have ever been sexually active, who were not pregnant at the time of the survey, and who reported current use of a modern contraceptive method.

  • + P < .10,

  • * P < .05,

  • ** P < .01

  • Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (various years).