Women's and male partners' socio-demographic and economic characteristics associated with contraceptive decision making in Nigeria.

Women's age, highest level of education, employment status, wealth index, ethnicity, religion, region of residence and male partners' desire for children are associated with contraceptive decision making respectively. There is a need for reproductive empowerment interventions in Nigeria that devise effective ways of improving contraceptive decision-making power of partnered women aged 15-24 years, unemployed, in the poorer and richest groups, from the Hausa/Fulani/Kanuri/Beri Beri ethnic group, practising Islam/ other religions, have the same fertility desire as their partners and those who do not know their male partner's desire for children respectively. Women whose partners desire more children should be empowered to participate effectively in contraceptive decision making.