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Table 3 Logistic regression models predicting the likelihood of reporting a previous induced abortion among young women

From: Previous induced abortion among young women seeking abortion-related care in Kenya: a cross-sectional analysis

 

Model 0

Model 1a

Model 2a

 

OR unadjusted

95 % Confidence Interval

OR adjusted

95 % Confidence Interval

OR adjusted

95 % Confidence Interval

  

Lower

Upper

 

Lower

Upper

 

Lower

Upper

Socio-demographics

         

Age group

         

 10–19 years (ref)

--

  

--

  

--

  

 20–24 years

0.09*

0.06

0.15

0.82

0.44

1.55

0.90

0.42

1.95

Residence

         

 Urban (ref)

--

  

--

  

--

  

 Rural

0.05*

0.03

0.11

0.21*

0.07

0.61

0.28*

0.11

0.70

Education

         

 No education/incomplete primary (ref)

--

  

--

  

--

  

 Complete primary

0.13*

0.06

0.27

1.35

0.52

3.47

1.22

0.43

3.48

 Incomplete secondary

0.12*

0.05

0.28

0.75

0.25

2.23

0.82

0.31

2.18

 Complete secondary

0.13*

0.07

0.22

0.64

0.28

1.47

0.64

0.23

1.77

 Post-secondary

0.08*

0.04

0.14

0.22*

0.07

0.68

0.21*

0.07

0.67

Marital status

         

 Never married (ref)

--

  

--

  

--

  

 Currently/formerly married

0.07*

0.03

0.15

0.83

0.40

1.68

0.72

0.31

1.65

Religion

         

 Roman Catholic (ref)

--

  

--

  

--

  

 Other Christian

0.09*

0.05

0.15

0.42*

0.22

0.78

0.42*

0.21

0.85

 Muslim

0.01*

0.00

0.05

0.08*

0.02

0.29

0.09*

0.02

0.37

 Other/No religion

0.40

0.11

1.49

4.63*

1.10

19.40

4.65*

1.03

20.95

Occupation

         

 Unemployed/other (ref)

   

--

  

--

  

 Housewife

0.01*

0.00

0.05

0.09*

0.03

0.27

0.08*

0.03

0.25

 Student

0.13*

0.08

0.22

0.94

0.36

2.46

0.94

0.30

2.92

 Skilled/clerical/sales/services

0.15*

0.07

0.33

0.85

0.35

2.06

0.75

0.30

1.86

 Farmer/unskilled laborer

0.15*

0.06

0.41

0.86

0.33

2.23

0.93

0.38

2.29

Reproductive characteristics

         

Parity

         

 0 (ref)

--

     

--

  

 1

0.11*

0.06

0.22

   

0.94

0.40

2.23

 2+

0.07*

0.02

0.23

   

0.88

0.33

2.38

Type of contraception used (pre-abortion)

         

 None (ref)

--

     

--

  

 Pill

0.29*

0.09

0.92

   

3.35†

0.94

11.93

 Injection/implant/IUD

0.05*

0.01

0.27

   

0.75

0.11

4.90

 Male condom

0.14*

0.04

0.55

   

1.78

0.37

8.68

 Emergency contraception

0.37†

0.13

1.04

   

3.03*

1.02

9.06

 Rhythm/withdrawal/LAM

0.27*

0.12

0.63

   

3.30†

0.96

11.37

Pregnancy desired

         

 Then (ref)

--

     

--

  

 Later

0.10*

0.05

0.19

   

0.56

0.22

1.44

 Not at all

0.14*

0.09

0.23

   

0.61

0.27

1.36

 Unsure

0.35

0.09

1.34

   

1.31

0.46

3.76

  1. † p < 0.10 and *p < 0.05 (based on adjusted Wald tests); ref = reference group
  2. aThe adjusted odds ratios reported here were derived from the multivariable logistic regression analysis that contained all the socio-demographic (Model 1) and all the socio-demographic and reproductive characteristics (Model 2) shown in the table
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