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Table 4 Correlates of no intention to use contraception, receiving contraception counseling and contraceptive method related to breastfeeding safety, from bivariable logistic regression

From: Postpartum intentions on contraception use and method choice among breastfeeding women attending a university hospital in Ohio: a cross-sectional study

 

No intention to use contraception before 6 months postpartum

Received counseling during prenatal care on postpartum contraception

Contraceptive method choice related to breastfeeding safety

Potential correlate

OR

(95% CI)

OR

(95% CI)

OR

(95% CI)

Age

1.2

(1.0, 1.3)

1.0

(0.9, 1.1)

1.0

(0.9, 1.1)

Race/ethnicity

 Non-White

1.8

(0.5, 5.7)

2.8

(1.0, 7.9)

0.3

(0.1, 1.6)

 White

1

 

1

 

1

 

Relationship status

 Married

6.2

(0.8, 49.4)

0.6

(0.2, 1.4)

1.0

(0.3, 3.0)

 Unmarried

1

 

1

 

1

 

Highest educational level attained

 No college

- a

 

1.6

(0.6, 4.8)

1.4

(0.4, 4.9)

 Some college or college degree

1

 

1

 

1

 

Employment in past year

 Full time

2.4

(0.6, 9.2)

1.0

(0.4, 2.3)

1.1

(0.4, 3.2)

 Not employed or part time

1

 

1

 

1

 

Public assistance in past year

 Yes

0.6

(0.1, 3.0)

5.2

(1.4, 19.2)

0.5

(0.1, 2.3)

 No

1

 

1

 

1

 

Medicaid coverage

 Yes

0.6

(0.2, 2.5)

3.6

(1.3, 9.9)

0.1

(0.0, 1.0)

 No

1

 

1

 

1

 

Primiparous

 Yes

1.7

(0.6, 5.2)

0.52

(0.2, 1.2)

1.1

(0.4, 3.2)

 No

1

 

1

 

1

 

Ever contraception use

 Yes

1

 

1

 

1

 

 No

5.1

(1.0, 25.5)

4.9

(0.6, 42.7)

0.7

(0.1, 6.6)

  1. All correlates associated at the 0.1 level were included in a full multivariable model; Bold values indicate variables that remained significant in the multivariable analysis, after backward stepwise regression
  2. CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio
  3. a – observations dropped since they perfectly predict failure