Table 1 Prevalence of delayed childbearing by socio-demographic characteristics and association by binary logistic coefficients

Reproductive age

Living arrangement

 35–39 years^RC

12.0

–

–

  Living together^RC

8.5

–

–

 40–44 years

7.9

− 0.466

p < 0.01

  Living elsewhere

7.5

− 2.515

p < 0.01

 45–49 years

3.6

− 1.310

p < 0.01

Household wealth quintile

Age at first marriage

  Poorest^RC

9.3

–

–

 14 years or younger^RC

7.3

–

–

  Poorer

9.8

0.060

0.468

 15–19 years

8.0

0.099

0.176

  Middle

8.4

− 0.118

0.177

 20–24 years

6.7

− 0.079

0.373

  Richer

7.0

− 0.310

p < 0.05

 25 years or older

14.5

0.776

p < 0.01

  Richest

7.2

− 0.278

p < 0.05

Education

Community literacy level

 None^RC

8.7

–

–

  Low^RC

7.2

–

–

 Primary

7.7

− 0.135

0.070

  Medium

8.6

− 1.310

p < 0.01

 Secondary

7.6

− 0.144

0.094

  High

9.5

− 1.989

p < 0.01

 Higher

9.7

0.119

p < 0.05

Community wealth level

Female autonomy

  Low^RC

9.3

–

–

 Full autonomy^RC

9.3

–

–

  Middle

8.4

− 0.115

0.105

 Joint autonomy

7.0

0.348

0.076

  High

7.6

− 0.225

p < 0.05

 No autonomy

5.1

0.647

p < 0.01

Proportion ever used modern contraceptive in community

Current contraceptive use

  Low^RC

7.3

–

–

 Not using any method^RC

1.1

–

–

  Medium

8.6

− 0.086

0.232

 Using traditional method

2.8

2.401

p < 0.01

  High

9.3

− 0.268

p < 0.01

 Using modern method

10.1

3.687

p < 0.01

Type of community

Ideal family size

  Urban^RC

8.9

–

–

 1–2 children^RC

6.0

–

–

  Rural

7.4

0.336

p = 0.01

 3–4 children

8.2

0.264

p < 0.01

Geographic region

 5 or more children

8.5

0.352

p < 0.05

  Northern region^RC

7.3

–

–

Remarriage

  Southern region

9.2

− 2.54

p < 0.01

 Married once^RC

8.2

–

–

 Remarried

9.4

1.157

p < 0.05