| Background Characteristics | Number of respondents and Percentage of the respondents who had been sterilized | Values of Chi-square |
| Respondent’s education |
| |
| Illiterate | 396 (16.3) | 251.798*** |
| Primary | 328 (10.6) | |
| Secondary | 236 (5.9) | |
| Higher | 26 (2.7) | |
| Respondent Currently Working |
| |
| No | 591 (8.6) | 13.557*** |
| Yes | 395 (10.8) | |
| Husband’s Education |
| |
| Illiterate | 424 (14.3) | 168.422*** |
| Primary | 283 (9.6) | |
| Secondary | 228 (7.4) | |
| Higher | 50 (3.2) | |
| Husband’s Occupation |
| |
| Agriculture | 289 (10.6) | 45.02*** |
| Service | 278 (10.1) | |
| Business | 368 (7.7) | |
| Others | 51 (17.6) | |
| Type of Place of Residence |
| |
| Urban | 275 (8.9) | 1.297 |
| Rural | 711 (9.6) | |
| Religion |
| |
| Muslim | 852 (9.1) | 7.34*** |
| Non-Muslim | 134 (11.6) | |
| Age at First Marriage |
| |
| ≤15 years | 635 (11.6) | 66.584*** |
| >15 years | 351 (7.0) | |
| Access to Mass Media |
| |
| No Access | 421 (11.1) | 21.290*** |
| Have Access | 565 (8.4) | |
| Region |
| |
| Barisal | 39 (5.9) | 68.095*** |
| Chittagong | 134 (7.8) | |
| Dhaka | 300 (8.1) | |
| Khulna | 121 (10.4) | |