Family formation characteristics | Cases | Controls | Crude OR (95 % CI) | Adjusted OR (95 % CI)b | ||
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N = 171a | N = 600a | |||||
No. | % | No. | % | |||
Current marital status | ||||||
Single/divorce/separate/widow | 31 | 18.1 % | 10 | 1.7 % | 12.9 (6.3–27) | 9.3 (4.0–21.6) |
Married (Reference) | 140 | 81.9 % | 589 | 98.3 % | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Fertility behaviour | ||||||
No decision on family size | 89 | 52.0 % | 173 | 28.8 % | 2.5 (1.9–3.8) | 2.2 (1.4–3.5) |
Decision made: | ||||||
Family completed | 41 | 24.0 % | 230 | 38.3 % | 0.9 (0.5–1.4) | 1.0 (0.6–1.6) |
Family not completed (Reference) | 41 | 24.0 % | 197 | 32.8 % | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Ever used contraceptives | ||||||
No | 37 | 21.6 % | 96 | 16.0 % | 1.5 (0.9–2.2) | - |
Yes (Reference) | 134 | 78.4 % | 504 | 84.0 % | 1.00 | |
Gravida | ||||||
Primigravid | 36 | 21.1 % | 83 | 13.8 % | 1.7 (1.1–2.6) | 2.2 (1.2–4.2) |
Non-primigravid (Reference) | 135 | 78.9 % | 517 | 86.2 % | 1.00 | 1.00 |
At least one male child | ||||||
No | 65 | 38.0 % | 221 | 36.8 % | 1.0 (0.7–1.5) | - |
Yes (Reference) | 106 | 62.0 % | 379 | 63.2 % | 1.00 | |
At least one female child | ||||||
No | 90 | 52.6 % | 210 | 35.0 % | 2.1 (1.5–2.9) | 2.2 (1.4–3.4) |
Yes (Reference) | 81 | 47.4 % | 390 | 65.0 % | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Having disabled children | ||||||
Yes | 6 | 3.5 % | 8 | 1.3 % | 2.9 (1.0–8.6) | - |
None (Reference) | 165 | 96.5 % | 592 | 98.7 % | 1.00 | |
In years | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Significance | |
Age at last pregnancy | 30.6 | 6.6 | 30.5 | 6.3 | p = 0.2 | - |
Marriage - P1 intervalc | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.1 | p = 0.3 | - |
Average birth intervald | 3.4 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.2 | p = 0.000 | |
Last birth intervald | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 3.3 | p = 0.01 |