Namasivayam A, et al. - This study attempted to distinguish current predictors and provide effect size measures of contraceptive use among women and men in Uganda, as factors affecting contraceptive use are dynamic and complex. Utilizing secondary data from Uganda’s 2016 Demographic and Health Survey, a nationally representative cross-sectional population survey. Researchers measured predictive abilities via 10-fold cross-validated area under the receiver operating characteristic curves. A total of 4,914 (26.6%) women and 1,897 (35.6%) men reported applying a modern contraceptive method. The study found that contemporary significant predictors of contraceptive usage among women and men were noted, thereby enabling key Ugandan subpopulations who would profit from more targeted family planning initiatives to be distinguished. Nevertheless, the acceptable AUC for women and modest AUC for men propose that other important unmeasured predictors may exist. For family planning in Uganda, these evidence-based findings remain essential for informing future programmatic and policy directions.