Table 3

Distribution of Ugandan men’s modern contraceptive use across considered potential predictor variables, together with ORs and 95% CIs for bivariable analyses, and AORs and 95% CIs from a multivariable model containing demographic variables (model 1), a model containing demographic and proximate variables (model 2) and a parsimonious multivariable model (model 3)

	N	N (%_w)*	Bivariable model		Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	N	N (%_w)*	OR (95% CI)	P value	AOR (95% CI)	P value	AOR (95% CI)	P value	AOR (95% CI)	P value
Age (years)				<0.001		0.42		0.45
15–24	2214	674 (31.7)	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
25–34	1477	618 (40.2)	1.45 (1.23 to 1.70)		1.17 (0.92 to 1.49)		1.17 (0.92 to 1.48)
≥35	1645	605 (37.7)	1.30 (1.10 to 1.54)		1.13 (0.84 to 1.52)		1.16 (0.87 to 1.56)
Highest educational attainment				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
None	231	36 (18.2)	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Primary	3047	907 (30.0)	1.93 (1.27 to 2.92)		1.99 (1.31 to 3.03)		1.86 (1.22 to 2.82)		1.87 (1.23 to 2.85)
Higher	2058	954 (45.7)	3.79 (2.50 to 5.76)		3.50 (2.28 to 5.40)		3.02 (1.95 to 4.66)		3.10 (2.01 to 4.78)
Place of residence				<0.001		0.39		0.34
Urban	1150	509 (44.0)	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Rural	4186	1388 (33.2)	0.63 (0.54 to 0.74)		0.92 (0.76 to 1.11)		0.91 (0.75 to 1.10)
Region				<0.001		0.15		0.05	0.03
Central	1258	538 (41.5)	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
East	1450	468 (31.7)	0.65 (0.53 to 0.80)		0.80 (0.64 to 0.99)		0.78 (0.62 to 0.97)		0.76 (0.61 to 0.93)
North	1249	409 (33.3)	0.70 (0.57 to 0.87)		0.97 (0.77 to 1.22)		0.99 (0.79 to 1.26)		0.97 (0.78 to 1.22)
West	1379	482 (35.2)	0.77 (0.63 to 0.93)		0.93 (0.75 to 1.14)		0.91 (0.74 to 1.12)		0.89 (0.72 to 1.09)
Marital status				0.04		0.02		0.01	0.01
Unmarried	2029	651 (33.3)	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Married	3012	1127 (37.2)	1.19 (1.02 to 1.38)		0.61 (0.42 to 0.88)		0.56 (0.38 to 0.82)		0.60 (0.42 to 0.85)
S/D/W†	295	119 (40.1)	1.34 (0.99 to 1.80)		0.77 (0.50 to 1.18)		0.76 (0.49 to 1.16)		0.80 (0.53 to 1.21)
Religion				0.19		0.42		0.51
Other Christian‡	2413	890 (36.4)	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Catholic	2201	760 (35.4)	0.96 (0.82 to 1.11)		0.97 (0.83 to 1.13)		0.97 (0.83 to 1.13)
Muslim	644	237 (37.2)	1.03 (0.82 to 1.30)		0.95 (0.75 to 1.21)		0.97 (0.76 to 1.24)
Other	78	10 (19.5)	0.42 (0.19 to 0.94)		0.52 (0.23 to 1.15)		0.55 (0.25 to 1.22)
No of children				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001	<0.001
0	2163	654 (31.6)	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
1–3	1363	564 (41.0)	1.50 (1.27 to 1.78)		2.12 (1.52 to 2.96)		2.03 (1.45 to 2.85)		2.14 (1.53 to 2.97)
≥4	1810	679 (37.3)	1.29 (1.10 to 1.51)		2.13 (1.44 to 3.14)		1.99 (1.34 to 2.96)		2.15 (1.50 to 3.09)
Wealth index				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001	<0.001
Poor	2104	601 (28.3)	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Middle	1049	342 (32.2)	1.20 (0.99 to 1.46)		1.13 (0.92 to 1.37)		1.10 (0.90 to 1.34)		1.10 (0.90 to 1.34)
Rich	2183	954 (43.2)	1.93 (1.66 to 2.23)		1.44 (1.21 to 1.72)		1.39 (1.16 to 1.66)		1.44 (1.22 to 1.70)
Heard about family planning through media				<0.001				<0.001	<0.001
No	1446	359 (25.7)	1 (reference)				1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Yes	3890	1538 (39.4)	1.88 (1.60 to 2.21)				1.48 (1.24 to 1.76)		1.48 (1.25 to 1.77)
Discussed family planning with a health worker				<0.001				0.001	<0.001
No	4658	1567 (34.2)	1 (reference)				1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Yes	678	330 (48.4)	1.81 (1.50 to 2.17)				1.51 (1.22 to 1.86)		1.50 (1.22 to 1.85)

*Weighted percentages account for the sampling weights and study design.
†Separated/divorced/widowed.
‡Christians excluding Catholics.