Background
Data and methods
Measurement of variables
Outcome variables
Explanatory variables
Data analysis
Results
Variable | Level | Utilisation of modern contraceptive methods | P-value | ||
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Total | utilised | Not utilised | |||
N = 1677 (%) | n = 1023(%) | n = 654(%) | |||
Migration status | Non-migrant | 1129 (67.3) | 680 (66.5) | 449(68.6) | 0.15 |
Internal migrants | 333(19.9) | 218 (21.3) | 115(17.6) | ||
International migrants | 215(12.8) | 125(12.2) | 90(13.8) | ||
Duration of stay in community | Mean duration (SD) | 20.1(12.8) | 19.6(12.5) | 20.8 (13.2) | P < 0.001 |
Country | Lesotho | 209(12.5) | 115(11.2) | 94(14.4) | 0.02 |
Malawi | 411(24.5) | 280(27.3) | 131(20.0) | ||
Mozambique | 304(18.1) | 179(17.5) | 125(19.1) | ||
South Africa | 265(15.8) | 157(15.4) | 108(16.5) | ||
Eswatini | 156(9.3) | 94(9.2) | 62(9.5) | ||
Zambia | 332(19.8) | 198(19.4) | 134(20.5) | ||
Age | Mean (SD) | 26.9(8.3) | 26.6(7.7) | 27.4(9.3) | 0.05 |
Marital status | Never married | 716(42.0) | 441(43.1) | 275(42.1) | 0.31 |
Married | 666(38.4) | 415(40.6) | 251(38.4) | ||
Formerly married | 292(19.1) | 167(16.3) | 125(19.1) | ||
Missing | 3(0.5) | 0(0.0) | 3(0.5) | ||
Educational level | Primary/lower | 686(40.9) | 399(39.0) | 287(43.9) | P < 0.001 |
Secondary/higher | 982(58.6) | 620(60.6) | 362(55.4) | ||
Missing | 9(0.5) | 4(0.4) | 5(0.7) | ||
Employment status | Unemployed | 804 (48.0) | 465(45.5) | 339(51.8) | P < 0.01 |
Employed | 872(52.0) | 558(55.5) | 314(48.0) | ||
Missing | 1(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.2) | ||
Religion | Catholic | 556(33.1) | 321(31.4) | 235(35.9) | 0.09 |
Other Christians | 957(57.1) | 605(59.1) | 352(53.8) | ||
Other religion | 36(2.2) | 97(9.5) | 67(10.2) | ||
Desire for another child | Have a child < 2 years | 75(4.5) | 51(5.0) | 24(3.7) | P < 0.001 |
Have a child > = 2 years | 261(15.6) | 181(17.7) | 80(12.2) | ||
No more | 607(36.2) | 388(37.9) | 219(33.5) | ||
Unsure | 37(2.2) | 23(2.3) | 14(2.1) | ||
Don’t have a partner | 137(8.2) | 76(7.4) | 61(9.3) | ||
Missing | 560(33.4) | 304(29.7) | 256(39.1) | ||
Comprehensive knowledge about SRH | Mean (SD) | 0.90(0.45) | 0.93(0.43) | 0.84(0.46) | P < 0.001 |
Comprehensive knowledge about HIV | Mean (SD) | 2.32(0.88) | 2.39(0.81) | 2.21(0.97) | P < 0.001 |
Variable | Level | Utilisation of SRH referral services | P-value | ||
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Total | Utilised | Not utilised | |||
N = 796 | n = 363(%) | n = 433 (%) | |||
Migration status | Non-migrant | 539(67.7) | 231(63.6) | 308(71.1) | 0.07 |
Internal migrants | 109(13.7) | 54(14.9) | 55(12.7) | ||
International migrants | 148(18.6) | 78(21.5) | 70(16.2) | ||
Duration of stay in community | Mean duration of stay (SD) | 19.8(12.4) | 19.7(12.8) | 19.9(12.1) | 0.81 |
Ever denied access to a public healthcare facility | Yes | 239(30.0) | 135(37.2) | 104(24.0) | P < 0.001 |
No | 557(70.0) | 228(62.8) | 329(76.0) | ||
Country | Lesotho | 7(0.89) | 0(0.0) | 7(1.6) | P < 0.001 |
Malawi | 198(24.9) | 82(22.6) | 116(26.8) | ||
Mozambique | 176(22.1) | 60(16.5) | 116(26.8) | ||
South Africa | 130(16.3) | 75(20.7) | 55(12.7) | ||
Eswatini | 156(19.6) | 81(22.3) | 75(17.3) | ||
Zambia | 129(16.2) | 65(17.9) | 64(14.8) | ||
Age | Mean age (SD) | 25.9(19;30) | 27(8.2) | 24.9(8.4) | P < 0.001 |
Marital status | Never married | 409(51.5) | 167(46.0) | 242(55.9) | 0.02 |
Married | 274(34.5) | 136(37.5) | 138(31.9) | ||
Formerly married | 112(14.0) | 60(16.5) | 52(12.0) | ||
Missing | 1(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.2) | ||
Educational level | Primary/lower | 338(42.5) | 143(39.5) | 195(45.0) | 0.12 |
Secondary/higher | 457(57.5) | 219(60.5) | 238(55.0) | ||
Employment status | Unemployed | 360(45.3) | 159(43.8) | 201(46.4) | 0.71 |
Employed | 435(54.7) | 204(56.2) | 231(53.4) | ||
Missing | 1(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.2) | ||
Religion | Catholics | 243(30.5) | 102(28.1) | 141(32.6) | 0.31 |
Other Christians | 472(59.3) | 220(60.6) | 252(58.2) | ||
Other religion | 81(10.2) | 41(11.3) | 40(9.2) | ||
Comprehensive knowledge about SRH | Mean ( SD) | 0.85(0.47) | 0.88(0.48) | 0.82(0.46) | 0.06 |
Comprehensive knowledge about HIV | Mean(SD) | 2.29(0.93) | 2.39(0.85) | 2.21(0.99) | P < 0.01 |
Variable | Level | Utilisation of IPV services | P-value | ||
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Total | Utilised | Not utilised | |||
N = 525 | n = 204 (%) | n = 321 (%) | |||
Migration status | Non-migrant | 361(68.8) | 144(70.6) | 217(67.6) | 0.56 |
Internal migrants | 100(19.0) | 39(19.1) | 61(19.0) | ||
International migrants | 64(12.2) | 21(10.3) | 43(13.4) | ||
Duration of stay | Mean duration (SD) | 20(12.5) | 21.1(13.3) | 19.3(11.9) | 0.03 |
Country | Lesotho | 24(4.6) | 11(5.4) | 13(4.1) | P < 0.01 |
Malawi | 172(32.8) | 76(37.2) | 96(29.9) | ||
Mozambique | 59(11.2) | 15(7.4) | 44(13.7) | ||
South Africa | 46(8.8) | 18(8.8) | 28(8.7) | ||
Eswatini | 101(19.2) | 28(13.7) | 73(22.7) | ||
Zambia | 123(23.4) | 56(27.5) | 67(20.9) | ||
Age | Mean age (SD) | 26.2(7.9) | 27.9(8.1) | 25.2(7.7) | P < 0.001 |
Marital status | Never married | 218(41.5) | 60(29.4) | 158(49.2) | P < 0.001 |
Married | 201(38.3) | 87(42.7) | 114(35.5) | ||
Formerly married | 106(20.2) | 57(27.9) | 49(15.3) | ||
Educational level | No education | 48(9.1) | 16(7.9) | 32(10.0) | 0.44 |
Primary | 190(36.2) | 80(39.2) | 110(34.3) | ||
Secondary/higher | 287(54.7) | 108(52.9) | 179(55.8) | ||
Employment status | Unemployed | 274(52.2) | 80(39.2) | 171(53.3) | P < 0.001 |
Employed | 251(47.8) | 124(60.8) | 150(46.7) | ||
Comprehensive knowledge about SRH | Mean(SD) | 0.91(0.45) | 0.92(0.41) | 0.90(0.47) | 0.76 |
Comprehensive knowledge about HIV | Mean (SD) | 2.36(0.84) | 2.5(0.71) | 2.26(0.91) | P < 0.001 |
Witnessing parental violence | No | 199(37.9) | 76(37.3) | 123(38.3) | 0.81 |
Yes | 326(62.1) | 128(62.7) | 198(61.7) | ||
Attitude towards wife beating | No | 249(47.4) | 119(58.3) | 130(40.5) | P < 0.001 |
Yes | 276(52.6) | 85(41.7) | 191(59.5) | ||
Partner’s age | Mean age (SD) | 30.2(9.4) | 31.7(10.5) | 29.2(8.4) | 0.01 |
Partner’s educational level | No education | 122(25.1) | 39(19.2) | 83(25.9) | P < 0.01 |
Primary | 101(20.8) | 51(25.0) | 50(15.6) | ||
Secondary/higher | 263(54.1) | 108(52.9) | 155(48.3) | ||
Missing | 39(7.0) | 6(2.9) | 33(10.3) | ||
Partner’s occupation | None | 30(6.3) | 11(5.7) | 19(6.7) | 0.10 |
Agriculture | 59(12.4) | 20(10.4) | 39(13.7) | ||
Technical/managerial | 61(12.8) | 17(8.8) | 44(15.5) | ||
Skilled manual | 112(23.5) | 47(24.4) | 65(22.9) | ||
Unskilled manual | 215(45.1) | 98(50.8) | 11(41.2) | ||
SRH decision making power | Mean (SD) | 2.4(1.8) | 2.9(1.7) | 2.1(1.9) | P < 0.001 |
Utilisation of modern contraceptive methods
Variable | Level | All women | P-value | ||
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Prevalence of modern contraceptive non-use n (%) | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR OR (95% CI) | |||
654 (39.0) | n = 1665 | ||||
Migration status | Non-migrant | 449(39.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.40 |
Internal migrants | 115(34.5) | 0.79(0.62–1.03) | 0.87(0.55–1.36) | ||
International migrants | 90(41.9) | 1.09(0.81–1.47) | 1.13 (0.7–1.83) | ||
Duration of stay in community | 1.04(1.00–1.08) | 1.03(0.95–1.13) | 0.46 | ||
Country | South Africa | 108(40.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.028 |
Lesotho | 94(45.0) | 1.19( 0.82–1.71) | 1.42(0.93–2.15) | ||
Malawi | 131(31.9) | 0.68 (0.49–0.94) | 0.73(0.50–1.07) | ||
Mozambique | 125(41.1) | 1.02(0.73–1.42) | 0.85(0.58–1.26) | ||
Eswatini | 62(39.7) | 0.96(0.64–1.44) | 1.08(0.70–1.65) | ||
Zambia | 134(40.4) | 0.98(0.71–1.37) | 0.87(0.59–1.28) | ||
Age | 1.06( 1.01–1.13) | 1.10(1.01–1.22) | 0.06 | ||
Marital status | Never married | 275(38.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.05 |
Married | 251(37.7) | 0.97 (0.78–1.21) | 1.20( 0.90–1.58) | ||
Formerly married | 125 (42.8) | 1.20 (0.91–1.58) | 1.51( 1.08–2.14) | ||
Educational level | Primary/lower | 287(41.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.045 |
Secondary/higher | 362(36.9) | 0.81( 0.66–0.99) | 0.79(0.63–1.00) | ||
Employment status | Employed | 314(36.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.006 |
Unemployed | 339(42.2) | 1.30 (1.06–1.58) | 1.34(1.09–1.67) | ||
Religion | Other Christians | 352(36.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.23 |
Catholics | 235(42.3) | 1.26(1.02–1.56) | 1.22(1.03–1.53) | ||
Other religion | 67(40.9) | 1.19(0.85–1.66) | 1.04(0.72–1.50) | ||
Desire for another child | Have a child < 2 years | 24(32.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 | P < 0.001 |
Have a child > 2 years | 80(30.7) | 0.94(0.54–1.63) | 1.03(0.58–1.81) | ||
No more | 219(36.1) | 1.20(0.72–2.00) | 0.98(0.58–1.67) | ||
Unsure | 14(37.8) | 1.29(0.57–2.94) | 1.33(0.57–3.09) | ||
No partner | 61(44.5) | 1.71(0.94–3.08) | 2.19(1.16–4.12) | ||
Missing | 256(45.7) | 1.79(1.07–2.99) | 2.07(1.21–3.53) | ||
Comprehensive knowledge about SRH | 0.62 (0.50–0.78) | 0.73( 0.57–0.93) | 0.010 | ||
Comprehensive knowledge about HIV | 0.80(0.72–0.89) | 0.87(0.77–0.98) | 0.023 |
Utilisation of SRH referral services
Variable | Level | Prevalence of utilisation of SRH referral services | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | P-value |
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N = 362(45.5) | N = 787 | ||||
Migration status | Non-migrant | 230(42.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.95 |
Internal migrants | 54(49.5) | 1.31(0.87–1.98) | 1.08(0.57–2.07) | ||
International migrants | 78(52.7) | 1.49 (1.03–2.14) | 1.11(0.58–2.12) | ||
Duration of stay | 0.99(0.94–1.05) | 0.93(0.81–1.07) | 0.31 | ||
Ever denied access to a public healthcare facility | No | 228(40.9) | 1.00 | 1.00 | P < 0.001 |
Yes | 135(56.5) | 1.87(1.38–2.54) | 2.49(1.66–3.73) | ||
Country | South Africa | 75(57.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | P < 0.001 |
Lesotho | 0(0) | Empty | Empty | ||
Malawi | 82(41.4) | 0.52(0.33–0.81) | 0.23(0.13–0.42) | ||
Mozambique | 60(34.1) | 0.38(0.24–0.61) | 0.38(0.22–0.65) | ||
Eswatini | 81(51.9) | 0.79(0.50–1.27) | 0.60(0.36–0.99) | ||
Zambia | 65(50.0) | 0.74(0.46–1.22) | 0.58(0.33–1.03) | ||
Age | 1.15(1.06–1.26) | 1.14(0.98–1.32) | 0.08 | ||
Marital status | Never married | 167(40.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.006 |
Married | 135(49.5) | 1.43 (1.05–1.94) | 1.61 (1.09–2.36) | ||
Formerly married | 60(53.5) | 1.67 (1.10–2.55) | 2.14(1.29–3.55) | ||
Educational level | Primary/lower | 143(42.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.78 |
Secondary/higher | 219(47.9) | 1.25(0.95–1.67) | 1.05(0.74–1.48) | ||
Employment status | Unemployed | 204(46.9) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.43 |
Employed | 158(44.0) | 0.90(0.68–1.19) | 0.88(0.65–1.21) | ||
Religion | Catholic | 102(42.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.80 |
Other Christians | 220(46.6) | 1.21(0.88–1.65) | 1.09(0.77–1.54) | ||
Other religion | 41(50.6) | 1.42(0.86–2.45) | 1.19(0.68–2.08) | ||
Comprehensive knowledge about SRH | 1.32(0.98–1.78) | 1.14(0.81–1.61) | 0.44 | ||
Comprehensive knowledge about HIV | 1.24(1.06–1.44) | 1.18(0.99–1.42) | 0.06 |
Utilisation of IPV services
Variable | Level | Prevalence of utilisation of IPV services | Unadjusted OR(95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | P-value |
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n = 204(39) | N = 340 | ||||
Migration status | Non-migrant | 144(39.9) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.045 |
Internal migrants | 39(39.0) | 0.96(0.61–1.52) | 0.53(0.18–0.95) | ||
International migrant | 21(32.8) | 0.74(0.42–1.29) | 0.34(0.10–1.12) | ||
Duration of stay in community | 1.06(0.99–1.14) | 0.90(0.73–1.11) | 0.32 | ||
Country | South Africa | 18(39.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.30 |
Lesotho | 11(45.8) | 0.94(0.40–2.21) | 1.72(0.39–7.51) | ||
Malawi | 76(44.2) | 0.40(0.15–1.09) | 2.28(0.73–7.13) | ||
Mozambique | 15(25.4) | 0.76(0.28–2.06) | 1.53(0.40–5.82) | ||
Eswatini | 28(27.7) | 0.45(0.18–1.13) | 1.53(0.45–5.27) | ||
Zambia | 56(45.5) | 0.99(0.41–2.38) | 3.32(1.07–10.30) | ||
Age | 1.24(1.11–1.39) | 1.34(1.04–1.74) | 0.025 | ||
Marital status | Never married | 60(27.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.84 |
Married | 87(43.3) | 2.01(1.34–3.02) | 0.81(0.41–1.60) | ||
Formerly married | 57(53.8) | 3.06(1.89–4.97) | 0.83(0.38–1.84) | ||
Educational level | No education | 16(33.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.76 |
Primary | 80(42.1) | 1.45(0.75–2.83) | 0.96(0.33–2.78) | ||
Secondary/higher | 108(37.6) | 1.21(0.63–2.30) | 1.19(0.41–3.51) | ||
Employment status | Unemployed | 80(39.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.67 |
Employed | 124(60.8) | 1.78(1.24–2.52) | 1.12(0.67–1.87) | ||
Religion | Catholic | 52(34.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.0 |
Other Christians | 135(41.0) | 1.32(0.89–1.98) | 1.52(0.85–2.72) | ||
Other religion | 17(37.8) | 1.16(0.58–2.30) | 1.46(0.51–4.24) | ||
Comprehensive knowledge about SRH | 1.06(0.72–1.56) | 0.82(0.44–1.52) | 0.89 | ||
Comprehensive knowledge about HIV | 1.43(1.14–1.79) | 1.41(0.99–2.01) | 0.13 | ||
Parental violence | No | 128(39.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.46 |
Yes | 76(38.0) | 0.96(0.66–1.37) | 0.83(0.50–1.37) | ||
Attitude towards beating | No | 119(48.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.001 |
Yes | 85(31.0) | 0.49(0.34–0.69) | 0.39(0.22–0.70) | ||
Partner’s age | < = 24 | 41(36.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.9 |
24–34 | 62(37.8) | 1.05(0.64–1.73) | 1.18(0.60–2.32) | ||
> = 35 | 54(49.1) | 1.67(0.98–2.85) | 1.40(0.58–3.35) | ||
Don’t know | 39(41.9) | 1.25(0.71–2.20) | 1.20(0.52–2.78) | ||
Partner’s educational level | No education | 39(32.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.69 |
Primary | 51(50.5) | 2.17(1.26–3.74) | 1.44(0.60–3.44) | ||
Secondary/higher | 108(41.1) | 1.48(0.94–2.33) | 1.29(0.61–2.73) | ||
Partner’s occupation | None | 11(36.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.20 |
Agriculture | 20(33.9) | 0.89(0.35–2.22) | 0.74(0.22–2.51) | ||
Technical/managerial | 17(27.9) | 0.67(0.26–1.69) | 0.36(0.10–1.25) | ||
Skilled manual | 47(42.0) | 1.25(0.54–2.87) | 0.90(0.31–2.65) | ||
Unskilled manual | 98(45.6) | 1.45(0.66–3.19) | 1.03(0.36–2.90) | ||
SRH decision making power | 1.25(1.12–1.40) | 1.13(0.95–1.34) | 0.15 |