Table 1 Socio-demographic pedictors of unintended pregnancy (n = 3929)
Variable | Women with planned pregnancies | Women with unintended pregnancies | Adjusted odds ratio (95 % confidence interval) |
|---|---|---|---|
N (%, 95 % CI) | N (%, 95 % CI) | ||
Highest level of education completed | |||
Post-secondary | 2479 (91.3, 90.2–92.3) | 817 (67.6, 64.9–70.2) | Ref |
High school | 235 (8.7, 7.7–9.8) | 391 (32.4, 29.8–35.1) | 2.1 (1.7–2.7) |
Speaks English in the home | |||
Yes | 2395 (88.2, 87.0–89.4) | 1023 (84.6, 82.5–86.5) | Ref |
No | 319 (11.8, 10.6–13.0) | 186 (15.4, 13.5–17.5) | 1.3 (1.0–1.7) |
Low income (household income < $42,000/year) | |||
No | 2443 (92.9, 91.9–93.8) | 726 (62.7, 59.9–65.5) | Ref |
Yes | 186 (7.1, 6.2–8.1) | 431 (37.3, 34.5–40.1) | 2.84 (2.2–3.6) |
Marital status | |||
Married/common law | 2650 (97.8, 97.2–98.3) | 778 (64.3, 61.6–67.0) | Ref |
Single/divorced/widowed | 60 (2.2, 1.7–2.8) | 432 (35.7, 33.0–38.4) | 13.6 (10.0–18.4) |
Maternal age | |||
≥ 40 years | 74 (2.8, 2.2–3.5) | 27 (2.3, 1.5–3.3) | Ref |
35–39 years | 469 (17.7, 16.3–19.2) | 161 (13.4, 11.6–15.5) | 1.2 (0.7–2.1) |
30–34 years | 1121 (42.3, 40.4–44.2) | 289 (24.1, 21.8–26.6) | 1.0 (0.6–1.8) |
25–29 years | 829 (31.3, 29.5–33.1) | 338 (28.2, 25.7–30.8) | 1.3 (0.8–2.2) |
20–24 years | 150 (5.7, 4.8–6.6) | 280 (23.4, 21.0–25.8) | 2.9 (1.6–5.1) |
< 20 years | 7 (0.3, 0.1–0.6) | 104 (8.7, 7.2–10.4) | 8.0 (2.8–22.8) |