Table 3: Multivariate logistic regression to find out
association between the induced abortions with demographic variables.
Characteristics |
OR |
95%
CI |
AOR |
95%
CI |
Age in years |
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18-24 |
Ref |
|
Ref |
|
25-42 |
0.57 |
0.221, 1.467 |
0.68 |
0.177, 2.592 |
Education |
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No formal education |
Ref |
|
Ref |
|
Primary or secondary level |
1.38 |
0.488, 3.898 |
0.62 |
0.158, 2.462 |
Higher secondary and above |
1.67 |
0.416, 6.669 |
1.59 |
0.235, 10.768 |
Occupation |
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House wife |
Ref |
|
|
|
Private employee |
1.76 |
0.606, 5.098 |
1.34 |
0.361, 4.988 |
Others |
3.17 |
0.735, 13.705 |
1.26 |
0.166, 16.697 |
Marital status |
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Married |
Ref |
|
|
|
Others |
8.9 |
0.941, 84.383 |
8.56 |
0.248, 295.922 |
Age of youngest child |
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No child |
Ref |
|
Ref |
|
1-5 |
0.48 |
0.150, 1.523 |
0.17 |
0.009, 3.326 |
6-12 |
0.68 |
0.206, 2.253 |
0.22 |
0.009, 5.317 |
Above 12 |
1.36 |
0.077, 24.266 |
1.16 |
0.030, 45.149 |
Number of child |
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No child |
Ref |
|
Ref |
|
1-2 |
0.66 |
0.232, 1.850 |
3.51 |
0.305, 40.371 |
3-5 |
0.41 |
0.091, 1.846 |
1 |
|
Months of pregnancy |
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1 |
Ref |
|
Ref |
|
2 |
0.17 |
0.050, 0.581 |
0.03 |
0.042, 0.805 |
3-5 |
0.3 |
0.090, 1.003 |
0.39 |
0.099, 1.836 |
Contraceptive use |
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No |
Ref |
|
Ref |
|
Yes |
1.2 |
0.445, 3.367 |
2.98 |
0.461, 19.233 |