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Table 4 Logistic regression analysis of factors associated with exposure to counselling

From: Pregnancy options counselling in Ghana: a case study of women with unintended pregnancies in Kumasi metropolis, Ghana

Variable

Pregnant women who have had exposure to options counselling

(N = 271)

Crude odds ratio(95%CI)

Adjusted Odds Ratio(95%CI

P- value

Age category

 < 20 yrs

42 (79.3)

Reference

Reference

 

 ≥ 20 yrs

226 (59.2)

0.38 (0.17,0.78)

0.1 (0.05,0.32)

< 0.001

Educational level

 ≤ Basic

132 (54.8)

Reference

Reference

 

 > Basic

137 (69.5)

1.89 (1.25,2.68)

6.82 (2.62,17.72)

< 0.001

Occupation

 Non-income earners

99 (70.2)

Reference

Reference

 

 Income earners

168 (57.0)

0.98 (0.76,1.26)

0.7 (0.37,1.25)

0.22

Marital status

 Never Married

171 (65.5)

Reference

Reference

 

 Married

94 (54.3)

0.96 (0.63,1.42)

0.8 (0.47,1.52)

0.58

Gravidity

 1

105 (56.2)

Reference

Reference

 

 ≥ 2

164 (65.3)

1.47 (0.98,2.21)

4.2 (1.48,11.68)

0.01

Parity

 0

113 (49.8)

Reference

Reference

 

 ≥ 1

154 (73.7)

2.82 (1.85,4.32)

2.74 (1.12,6.70)

0.03

Gestational Age

 ≤ 13 weeks

74 (42.1)

Reference

Reference

 

 > 13 weeks

143 (81.3)

5.97 (3.59,10.0)

2.3 (1.29,3.95

0.004

Previous induced abortion

 No

37 (30.1)

Reference

Reference

 

 Yes

232 (73.7)

6.5 (4.01,10.59)

3.3 (1.33,8.24)

0.01

Perception of pregnancy at conception

 Mistimed

219 (58.1)

Reference

Reference

 

 Unwanted

37 (86.1)

4.45 (1.8,13.170

6.93 (2.14,22.46)

0.001

  1. Source: Authors field data 2014