Table 4 Association of respondents’ characteristics with level of awareness to legalization of safe abortion, Harari Region, Eastern Ethiopia 2012
Characteristics | Awareness to legal abortion | COR (95%CI) | AOR (95%CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Good | Poor | |||
Age | N (%) | N (%) | ||
25 years and less | 252 | 430 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
More than 25 years | 20 | 60 | 1.75 (1.25,2.61)* | 1.64 (1.33,2.80)* |
Ethnicity | ||||
Oromo | 91 | 181 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Amhara | 124 | 236 | 0.95 (0.66,1.92) | 0.42 (0.12,1.81) |
Others | 57 | 73 | 0.64 (0.31,1.12) | 0.67 (0.22,0.99) |
Religion | ||||
Christian | 219 | 323 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Muslim | 53 | 167 | 2.13 (1.29,4.58)* | 1.46 (0.98,5.80) |
Marital status | ||||
Single | 225 | 395 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Married | 47 | 95 | 1.15 (1.04,3.21)* | 1.82(1.12,3.52)* |
Resident of respondent's family | ||||
Urban | 172 | 434 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Rural | 100 | 56 | 0.22 (0.15,0.68)* | 0.53 (0.11,1.10) |
Respondent's resident | ||||
In the campus | 137 | 142 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Out of the campus | 135 | 348 | 2.48 (1.28,4.77)* | 1.88(0.73,3.42) |
Department of the respondent | ||||
Health and medicine | 137 | 426 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Other field of study | 135 | 64 | 0.15 (0.10,0.73)* | 0.48 (0.23,0.85)* |
Year of study of the respondents | ||||
Two years and less | 121 | 198 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
More than two years | 151 | 292 | 1.18 (0.98,2.91) | 2.34 (1.18,5.97)* |
Birth order | ||||
First | 99 | 171 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Middle | 139 | 190 | 0.79 (0.52,1.73) | 0.43 (0.11,1.23) |
Last | 18 | 124 | 3.98 (1.62,8.10)* | 1.18 (0.99,6.21) |
The only child | 16 | 5 | 0.18 (0.10,0.88)* | 0.28 (0.13,0.86)* |
Life status of respondents’ family | ||||
Both are alive | 212 | 373 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Only mother alive | 48 | 98 | 1.16 (0.87,3.97) | 1.19 (0.78,5.44) |
Only father alive | 8 | 10 | 0.71 (0.75,2.31) | 0.79 (0.56,2.65) |
Both are died | 4 | 9 | 1.27 (1.04,3.84)* | 1.7 (1.23,5.66)* |
Have boy friend (n = 762) | ||||
Yes | 101 | 226 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
No | 171 | 264 | 0.68 (0.14,0.89)* | 0.34 (0.12,0.74)* |
Ever had sexual intercourse (n = 762) | ||||
Yes | 61 | 123 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
No | 211 | 367 | 0.86 (0.23,1.02) | 1.83 (0.76,3.57) |
Family planning use (n = 184) | ||||
Yes | 38 | 114 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
No | 234 | 376 | 0.53 (0.13,0.82)* | 0.50 (0.13,0.86)* |
Have ever got pregnant (n = 184) | ||||
Yes | 26 | 42 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
No | 246 | 448 | 1.12 (0.59,2.01) | 0.36 (0.19,0.86)* |