Determinants of unwanted pregnancies in India using matched case-control designs

Dixit, Priyanka; Ram, Faujdar; Dwivedi, Laxmi Kant

doi:10.1186/1471-2393-12-84

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Table 1 Percent Distribution of Unwanted and Wanted Births by Selected Background Characteristics under Full Sample Model and 1:3 Case Control Approach

From: Determinants of unwanted pregnancies in India using matched case-control designs

Explanatory Variables	Unwanted (Full Sample)		Wanted (Full Sample)		Wanted (Control in Ratio 1:3)
Explanatory Variables	Percentage	Sample size	Percentage	Sample size	Percentage	Sample size
Region
Central	42.95	1434	26.14	6429	26.44	2682
North	8.56	491	12.91	4734	13.76	2089
East	27.55	746	24.77	4466	23.82	1787
Northeast	3.12	813	4.17	5154	4.72	2607
West	6.73	233	14.16	3604	13.73	1611
South	11.10	470	17.85	4410	17.53	1785
Place of Residence
Rural	77.78	2721	72.74	17285	71.24	7339
Urban	22.22	1466	27.26	11512	28.76	5222
Religion
Hindu	74.32	2681	79.76	20607	78.34	8703
Muslim	22.10	918	15.26	4333	16.12	1869
Others	3.58	588	4.98	3857	5.53	1989
Caste
Others	70.43	2728	70.4	19604	70.38	8493
Scheduled Caste	21.65	791	19.73	4909	19.32	2028
Scheduled Tribe	7.92	668	9.87	4284	10.3	2040
Women's Education
Illiterate	63.73	2263	46.56	10843	50.28	4913
Literate but below Primary	7.34	378	7.04	2062	6.53	849
Primary but below Middle	11.87	597	14.9	4285	12.52	1603
Middle but below High School	8.51	434	12.21	4169	9.69	1555
High School and above	8.55	515	19.3	7438	20.98	3641
Partner’s education
Illiterate	38.65	1417	27.94	6602	30.73	3017
Literate but below Primary	8.38	387	7.38	2047	7.42	907
Primary but below Middle	15.62	696	15.26	4237	14.37	1712
Middle but below High School	14.81	667	16.87	5142	15.04	2027
High School and above	22.55	1020	32.55	10769	32.46	4898
Wealth index
Poorest	31.19	977	23.72	4705	25.01	2079
Poorer	25.59	903	21.10	4903	20.68	2065
Middle	20.41	931	19.20	5628	17.36	2241
Richer	14.64	811	18.58	6356	17.48	2640
Richest	8.17	565	17.41	7205	19.47	3536
Sex of last child
Male	50.94	2122	54.71	15661	54.86	6862
Female	49.06	2065	45.29	13136	45.14	5699
Age of the respondent
Less than 25 years	15.35	608	43.70	11023	17.74	1824
25-29 years	30.91	1281	32.81	9791	32.04	3843
30+ years	53.73	2298	23.49	7983	50.22	6894
Ever Used Contraceptive
Never Used	31.07	1265	44.66	11930	40.13	4723
Used	68.93	2922	55.34	16867	59.87	7838
Sex Composition of Living Children
No. of Sons Greater than Daughters	42.48	1725	38.77	11096	37.53	4670
No. of Sons Less than Daughter	38.47	1650	38.67	11256	39.53	4984
No. of Sons Equal to Daughters	19.05	812	22.56	6445	22.94	2907
Experience of Child Loss
None	63.94	2874	80.13	23892	74.49	9951
At least one	36.06	1313	19.87	4905	25.51	2610
Previous Birth Interval
First Birth	2.93	183	30.93	9346	19.43	2783
Less than 24 months	23.06	944	15.36	4322	14.85	1779
24 to 36 months	34.29	1361	24.35	6551	25.09	2921
More than 36 months	39.72	1699	29.36	8578	40.64	5078
Total	100	4187	100	28797	100	12561

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