Trends in and predictors of pregnancy termination among 15–24 year-old women in Nigeria: a multi-level analysis of demographic and health surveys 2003–2018

Table 3 Multilevel parameter estimates and average odds ratios for pregnancy termination

PARAMETER	ESTIMATE	S. E	AOR	95% CI of AOR
Const	−4.57	0.186
*Year (2003)*
2008	−0.13	0.105	0.88	[0.71,	1.08]
2013	−0.41	0.188	0.66	[0.46,	0.96]	*
2018	0.16	0.103	1.17	[0.96,	1.44]
*Age group (15–19)*
20–24	0.85	0.076	2.34	[2.02,	2.72]	*
*Education (none)*
Primary	0.35	0.089	1.42	[1.19,	1.69]	*
Secondary	0.12	0.094	1.13	[0.94,	1.36]
*Marital status (never married)*
Currently married	1.10	0.102	3.00	[2.46,	3.67]	*
Living with a partner	1.14	0.162	3.13	[2.28,	4.30]	*
Previously married	0.64	0.206	1.90	[1.27,	2.84]	*
*Watch TV (Never)*
less than once a week	0.11	0.095	1.12	[0.93,	1.34]
at least once a week	0.31	0.081	1.36	[1.16,	1.60]	*
*Ethnicity (Hausa)*
Igbo	−0.40	0.165	0.67	[0.49,	0.93]	*
Yoruba	−0.66	0.172	0.52	[0.37,	0.72]	*
Others	−0.08	0.089	0.92	[0.78,	1.10]
*Number of children (none)*
One	−0.25	0.077	0.78	[0.67,	0.91]	*
Two	−0.50	0.094	0.61	[0.50,	0.73]	*
3 and more	−0.84	0.121	0.43	[0.34,	0.55]	*
*Age at first sex (18+*)
Never had sex	−5.55	1.060	0.00	[0.00,	0.03]	*
Less than 15	0.84	0.094	2.32	[1.93,	2.78]	*
15–17	0.50	0.790	1.65	[0.35,	7.76]
*Contextual factors*
contracep prev_cluster	1.43	0.231	4.18	[2.66,	6.57]	*
*Random effects*
Level 3 - State	0.10*	0.033	(ICC = 0.03)
Level 2 - Cluster	0.22*	0.056	(ICC = 0.09)

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