Predictors of unintended pregnancy in Kersa, Eastern Ethiopia, 2010

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by pregnancy intention, Kersa, 2010

Characteristics		Total n = 2,072	Unintended n = 578	Intended n = 1,494	Crude OR	CI		p = value
Age	< 20 Years	159	21.4	78.6	1.000
	20-29 Years	888	27.0	73.0	1.362	0.906	2.046	0.137
	30-39 Years	794	26.5	73.6	1.322	0.877	1.993	0.183
	40 + Years	231	40.7	59.3	2.523	1.591	4.000	0.000
Educational level	Literate	299	23.8	76.2	1.000
	Illiterate	1773	28.6	71.4	1.286	0.967	1.711	0.084
Residence	Rural town	152	14.5	85.5	1.000
	Rural	1920	29.0	71.0	2.049	1.517	3.825	0.000
Wealth status	Rich	589	23.8	76.2	1.000
	Middle	730	25.5	74.5	1.096	0.852	1.411	0.474
	Poor	753	33.5	66.5	1.613	1.266	2.056	0.000
Ever use of FP	No	1,566	27.4	72.6	1.000
	Yes	506	29.5	70.5	1.106	0.887	1.38	0.371
Parity	Never give birth	297	13.8	86.2	1.000
	1-4 birth	1150	26.5	73.5	2.254	1.581	3.213	0.000
	5-6 birth	362	31.8	68.2	2.907	1.954	4.324	0.000
	7 + birth	263	44.5	55.5	5.004	3.322	7.537	0.000
Gravidity	Never give birth	100	15.0	85.0	1.000
	1-4 birth	1242	24.7	75.3	1.861	1.059	3.270	0.031
	5-6 birth	602	32.6	67.4	2.736	1.540	4.860	0.001
	7 + birth	128	46.9	53.1	5.000	2.612	9.573	0.000
Main source of health care	Health Post	433	37.9	62.1	1.000
	Health Center	1616	25.3	74.7	0.554	0.443	0.693	0.000
	Hospital/other	23	26.1	73.9	0.579	0.224	1.498	0.260
Time to walk to the nearest HF	< 40 min	568	23.1	76.9	1.000
	40-79 min	1365	28.3	71.7	1.315	1.047	1.652	0.018
	80 + min	139	43.9	56.1	2.609	1.770	3.844	0.000

Crude odds ratio: are calculated using logistic regression. Intended pregnancy is coded as = 0 and Unintended as = 1
P values are based on results from crude logistic regression.

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