Variable

Unweight Number (n=2941)

Weighted (%)

Basic Demographic Information

 

 

Place of Residence

Rural

Urban

 

1283

1658

 

51.44

48.56

Age

15-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35-39

40-44

45-49

 

132

452

588

535

470 

366

398

 

4.92

15.41

20.56

18.59

15.48

11.82

13.22

Education

No education

Secondary

Higher Secondary

Primary

 

1582

519

468

372

 

58.35

15.77

13.92

11.96

Working Status & Occupation

Not working

Agricultural – employee

Skilled manual

Services

Unskilled manual

Professional/technical/managerial

Sales

Household and domestic

Clerical

 

2015

231

130

168

300

60

21

14

02

 

64.71

10.34

9.00

6.71

6.00

2.03

0.64

0.56

0.09

Ethnicity

Sindhi

Urdu

Punjabi/Saraiki

Others

Balochi

Pushto

 

1060

767

553

178

149

65

 

35.73

23.12

19.87

12.46

6.482

2.326

Husband'sEducation

No education

Higher Secondary

Secondary

Primary

Don't know

 

958

805

705

460

07

 

35.35

24.20

23.87

16.11

0.27

Husband's  Occupation

Skilled manual

Unskilled manual

Sales

Agricultural – employee

Services

Professional/technical/managerial

Clerical

Did not work

Agricultural - self employed

Household and domestic

 

644

655

583

391

300

246

63

41

12

05

 

23.53

22.28

16.82

15.40

10.11

8.12

1.96

1.24

0.37

0.12

Number of Children ≤ 5 years

0– 2

≥ 3

 

2445

496

 

82.72

17.28

Wealth Index

Poorest

Richest

Poor

Middle

Rich

 

728

959

407

320

527

 

31.19

28.61

14.46

9.73

16.00

Contraceptive Use

Users

Non-Users

 

839

2102

 

28.23

71.77

Ever had Terminated Pregnancy

 

1022

34.70

Experienced  Any Violence (n=841)

Yes

 

344

 

38.40

Types of Violence

Physical

Emotional

Violence during Pregnancy

 

192

127

57

 

23.53

14.81

7.43

Table 1: Weighted analyses of Basic demographic, Fertility preference characteristics, knowledge and use of contraceptive methods among Ever-married women age 15-49 in Sindh, Pakistan

Variables

 

Experienced any violence (n=344)

Didn't Experience any violence (n=497)

OR(95% CIs)

 

Weighted (%)

 

Age

15-29

30-39

40-49

 

40.00

38.00

22.00

 

39.00

33.60

27.50

 

1.3(0.9–2.0)

1.4(1.0–2.1)

1

*Number of Children Ever Born

1–2

0

≥ 3

 

20.00

13.00

67.50

 

29.00

12.00

59.00

 

1

1.5(0.9–2.6)

1.7(1.2–2.4)

Current Marital Status

Married

Widowed/Divorced/No longer living together

 

97.0

3.00

 

96.00

4.00

 

1.4(0.7– 2.8)

1

*Ethnicity

Urdu

Punjabi/Saraiki

Sindhi

Pushto

Balochi

Others

 

19.30

22.00

35.41

2.00

8.61

13.00

 

29.00

16.30

36.70

2.12

4.65

11.30

 

1

2.0(1.3–3.2)

1.5(0.9–2.4)

1.4(0.5–4.0)

2.8(1.7–4.7)

1.7(1.0–2.9)

*Respondent'sEducation

No education

Primary/Secondary

Higher

 

65.40

27.00

7.50

 

53.30

28.42

18.30

 

3.0(1.7–5.3)

2.3(1.3–4.0)

1

*Respondent's Working Status

Working

Not Working

 

54.00

46.00

 

67.00

33.00

 

1

1.8(1.3– 2.5)

*Husband's Education

No education

Primary/Secondary

Higher

 

44.60

38.50

17.00

 

30.50

40.50

29.00

 

2.5(1.6–4.0)

1.6(1.1–2.5)

1

*Husband's Occupation(n=830)

Professional/technical/managerial

Clerical/Sales/ Services

Agricultural - self-employed or employed/Household and domestic

Skilled manual

Unskilled manual

 

6.50

22.60

15.00

 

31.00

25.00

 

9.70

32.00

15.30

 

21.00

22.00

 

1

1.1(0.6–2.0)

1.5(0.6–3.4)

 

2.2(1.1–4.2)

1.7(0.9–3.4)

*Wealth Index

Poorest

Middle

Rich

Richest

 

57.00

8.62

18.24

16.20

 

40.00

10.20

15.70

34.35

 

3.0(2.0-4.7)

1.8(1.1–3.0)

2.5(1.5–4.0)

1

House Ownership

Owns a House

Does not Own

 

8.00

92.00

 

13.08.

87.00

 

1

1.7(1.1-3.0)

Table-2: Univariable analyses of Currently Married Women of Reproductive Age (15-49) in Sindh, Pakistan (n=841)

Variables

 

OR(95% CIs)

AOR(95% CIs)

Currently using any Contraceptives

Yes

No

 

 

1

1.4(1.0 – 2.0)

 

 

1

1.3(1.0 – 1.8)

Respondent's Working Status

Working

Not-working

 

1

1.8(1.3 – 2.5)

 

1

1.5(1.1 – 2.2)

Husband's Education

Literate

Illiterate

 

1

1.8(1.3 – 2.5)

 

1

1.5(1.1 – 2.0)

Number of Children ever born

1–2

0

≥3

 

1

1.5(0.9 – 2.6)

1.7(1.2 – 2.4)

 

1

1.3(0.8 – 2.3)

1.6(1.1 – 2.3)

House Ownership

 

Alone/Jointly/both alone and jointly

Does not own

 

 

1

1.7( 1.1 – 3.0)

 

 

1

1.5(0.9 – 2.5)

 

Table-3: Multivariable Weighted analyses of Married Women of Reproductive Age (15-49) who ever experienced any type of violence in Sindh, Pakistan (n=841).