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Table 2 Number and proportion of women who used contraceptive method and crude and adjusted odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals showing influence of access to family planning services, and sociodemographic

From: Contraceptive use following spontaneous and induced abortion and its association with family planning services in primary health care: results from a Brazilian longitudinal study

Variables

Contraceptive use in the 6 months following an abortion

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

 

Month 1

Month 2

Month 3

Month 4

Month 5

Month 6

ORcrude

95 % CI

ORadjusteda

95 % CI

Utilization of family planning services in the previous month

          

 None

52 (59.8 %)

39 (35.7 %)

60 (56.1 %)

65 (67.7 %)

65 (73.0 %)

60 (70.6 %)

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Just contraceptive counseling

4 (4.6 %)

6 (5.5 %)

7 (6.5 %)

3 (3.1 %)

4 (4.5 %)

2 (2.3 %)

1.05

0.51–2.15

1.16

0.56–2.38

 Just medical consultation

12 (13.8 %)

32 (29.4 %)

18 (16.8 %)

18 (18.7 %)

15 (16.9 %)

19 (22.4 %)

0.88

0.60–1.30

0.91

0.60–1.38

 Both

19 (21.8 %)

32 (29.4 %)

22 (20.6 %)

10 (10.4 %)

5 (5.6 %)

4 (4.7 %)

1.93

1.17–3.18

1.93

1.13–3.30

Pregnancy planning status

          

 Unplanned

17 (19.5 %)

23 (21.1 %)

25 (23.4 %)

23 (24.0 %)

16 (18.0 %)

19 (22.3 %)

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Ambivalent

44 (50.6 %)

54 (49.5 %)

50 (46.7 %)

43 (44.8 %)

49 (55.1 %)

43 (50.6 %)

0.91

0.49–1.69

0.79

0.43–1.46

 Planned

26 (29.9 %)

32 (29.4 %)

32 (29.9 %)

30 (31.2 %)

24 (26.9 %)

23 (27.1 %)

0.79

0.40–1.56

0.71

0.36–1.40

Desire to have more children

          

 No

32 (36.8 %)

50 (45.9 %)

47 (43.9 %)

41 (42.7 %)

46 (51.7 %)

39 (45.9 %)

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Yes

55 (63.2 %)

59 (54.1 %)

60 (56.1 %)

55 (57.3 %)

43 (48.3 %)

46 (54.1 %)

0.77

0.55–1.08

0.81

0.57–1.15

Age

          

 15–24 years

19 (21.8 %)

26 (23.8 %)

27 (25.3 %)

27 (28.1 %)

25 (28.1 %)

24 (28.2 %)

1.00

-

1.00

-

 25–34 years

44 (50.6 %)

55 (50.5 %)

53 (49.5 %)

45 (46.9 %)

42 (47.2 %)

36 (42.4 %)

2.76

1.53–4.98

2.96

1.61–5.42

 35–44 years

24 (27.6 %)

28 (25.7 %)

27 (25.2 %)

24 (25.0 %)

22 (24.7 %)

25 (29.4 %)

1.59

0.86–2.92

1.50

0.78–2.87

Education

      

1.01

0.92–1.11

1.03

0.93–1.13

Intercept

        

0.99

0.30–3.25

  1. Odds ratios estimated using Generalized Estimating Equations with uncorrelated matrix and logit link function assumed
  2. aAdjusted also by time of observation (1–6 months)