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Table 3 Factors related to unintended pregnancy

From: Unintended pregnancy and its correlates among currently pregnant women in the Kwango District, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Variables

Crude OR (95%CI)

P value

Adjusteda OR (95%CI)

P value

Age (in years)

 15–24

0.70 (0.14–3.40)

0.667

  

 25–35

0.43 (0.09–1.91)

0.271

  

 36–49

1

   

Income

 Less than $53

0.22(0.04–1.12)

0.069

0.17(0.025–1.24)

0.082

 $54–107

0.12(0.02–0.75)

0.024

0.12(0.13–1.19)

0.125

 More than $54

1

 

1

 

Education status

 Educated

2.47 (1.10–5.50)

0.027

3.4 (1.21–9.90)

0.021

 Uneducated

1

   

Distance to health facility

 Up to 5 km

1.31 (0.60–2.82)

0.489

  

 More than 5 km

1

   

Age of the last child

 1–2 years

3.75 (1.25–11.24)

0.018

5.17 (1.23–21.70)

0.025

 3 years

2.81 (1.01–7.79)

0.047

2.92 (0.78–10.90)

0.11

 More than 3 years

1

 

1

 

Family size

 1–4

0.37 (0.17–0.83)

0.016

1.82 (0.66–5.03)

0.24

 5 and more

1

 

1

 

Ownership of a cell phone

 Yes

0.29 (0.11–0.79)

0.016

0.18 (0.47–0.73)

0.016

 No

1

 

1

 

Ever used family planning method

 Yes

0.29 (0.19–0.69)

0.005

0.20 (0.06–0.60)

0.004

 No

1

 

1

 
  1. aVariables entered were income status, education status, age of the last child, family size, ownership of a cell phone, and ever use of a family planning method. Hosmer and Lemeshow value: Chi-square = 4.961, P = 0.762, and Nagelkerke R = 0.419