Skip to main content

Table 2 Odds ratio (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for abortion due to various characteristics

From: Prevalence and factors associated with abortion and unsafe abortion in Nepal: a nationwide cross-sectional study

Demographic Characteristics and knowledge

n = 506a

Model I

Model II

Model III

  

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Age

 15–24

81

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

 25–34

306

1.37

0.96,1.94

1.31

0.89,1.91

1.37

0.94,2.00

  ≥ 35

119

0.30

0.21,0.45

0.33

0.21,0.51

0.37

0.24,0.56

Education

 No education

133

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

 Primary

120

3.22

2.31,4.48

2.04

1.39,2.98

2.21

1.52,3.20

 Secondary

208

4.04

2.99,5.44

1.38

0.95,2.00

1.69

1.22,2.34

 Higher

45

3.79

2.37,6.06

0.92

0.52,1.65

1.25

0.78,2.05

Occupation

 Agriculture

230

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

  

 Unemployed

123

1.58

1.17,2.14

1.14

0.79,1.68

  

 Non-agriculture

153

1.82

1.37,2.42

1.03

0.72,1.48

  

Religion

 Muslim and others

27

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

 Buddhist

31

2.21

1.14,4.29

2.02

0.97,4.23

2.15

1.04,4.44

 Hindu

448

1.83,

1.11,3.03

1.69

0.94,3.02

1.73

1.00,2.98

Ethnicity

 Dalit and others

74

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

  

 Janajati

156

1.44

0.99,2.08

1.24

0.79,1.94

  

 Brahmin and Chhetri

276

1.92

1.35,2.71

1.38

0.91,2.09

  

Region

 Mountain

55

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

  

 Terai

249

1.45

1.02,2.04

1.10

0.72,1.69

  

 Hill

202

1.47

1.04,2.08

1.42

0.95,2.13

  

Residence

 Rural

319

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

  

 Urban

187

1.39

1.09,1.77

0.93

0.68,1.28

  

Wealth Index

 Poorest

60

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

  

 Poorer

60

1.23

0.79,1.91

0.93

0.55,1.56

  

 Middle

82

1.60

1.04,2.45

1.06

0.63,1.78

  

 Richer

121

2.13

1.42,3.19

1.17

0.70,1.96

  

 Richest

183

2.90

1.99,4.22

1.33

0.72,2.43

  

Contraceptive use

 None

214

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

 Traditional methods

73

2.20

1.49,3.24

1.87

1.17,3.00

1.97

1.24,3.14

 Modern methods

219

0.88

0.68,1.14

0.86

0.65,1.15

0.88

0.66,1.17

Knowledge on legal abortion

 No

167

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

 Yes

339

3.38

2.63,4.34

1.81

1.35,2.44

1.88

1.41,2.52

Knowledge on safe places for abortion

 No

30

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

1.00

Referent

 Yes

476

7.99

4.98,12.82

5.07

3.09,8.31

4.96

3.04,8.09

  1. OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, Model I: crude model, Model II: simultaneously adjusted, Model III: backward stepwise elimination; an represents those who had undergone an abortion (506 out of 2395 selected respondents)
Back to article page

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

ISSN: 1471-2393

Contact us