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Table 7 Hazard ratio of pregnancy among women wanting to limit/space for 5 years or longer

From: Childbearing desires and behaviour: a prospective assessment in Nairobi slums

 

Hazard ratio

p-value

95% CI

Fertility desire

 Want no more

1.00

   

 Want in 5+ years

1.15

0.234

0.911

1.462

Site

 Korogocho

1.00

   

 Viwandani

0.66

< 0.001

0.531

0.830

Education

 Incomplete primary/no education

1.00

   

 Completed primary

0.92

0.481

0.739

1.153

 Secondary+

0.63

0.002

0.465

0.842

Age

 15–19

1.00

   

 20–24

1.13

0.455

0.818

1.564

 25–29

0.77

0.186

0.522

1.135

 30–49

0.76

0.193

0.495

1.152

Living children

 1

1.00

   

 2

0.83

0.187

0.623

1.097

 3+

1.00

0.994

0.712

1.400

Marital status

 Married/Living together

1.00

   

 Previously married

0.57

0.011

0.366

0.878

 Never married

0.55

0.004

0.366

0.832

Ethnicity

 Kikuyu

1.00

   

 Luhya

1.53

0.005

1.136

2.054

 Luo

1.74

< 0.001

1.314

2.303

 Kamba

1.56

0.004

1.157

2.108

 Other

1.47

0.025

1.051

2.068

  1. N = 2983