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Table 6 Multivariate analyses showing years of schooling by pregnancy outcome and covariates (ever pregnant women)

From: Is a woman’s first pregnancy outcome related to her years of schooling? An assessment of women’s adolescent pregnancy outcomes and subsequent educational attainment in Ghana

Characteristics

Coef.

Std. Err.

Coef.

Std. Err.

Coef.

Std. Err.

Coef.

Std. Err.

All women

All ages

20–29 years

30–39 years

40–49 years

Pregnancy Outcomes

 Live Birth (RC)

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.000

 

 Spontaneous

0.049

0.222

0.260

0.337

−0.271

0.390

0.206

0.440

 Induced

0.577**

0.189

0.657*

0.304

0.560

0.314

0.792*

0.398

 No Pregnancy

−0.102

0.124

0.076

0.216

−0.594**

0.201

0.109

0.242

Ethnicity

 Akan (RC)

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.000

 

 Ga/Dangme

−1.119***

0.156

−1.057***

0.252

−1.230***

0.258

−0.967**

0.305

 Ewe

−0.738***

0.122

−0.466*

0.205

−0.734***

0.198

−0.892***

0.235

 Mole-Dagbani

−3.066***

0.167

−3.671***

0.273

−2.885***

0.265

−2.485***

0.349

 Other

−2.788***

0.126

−2.975***

0.201

−2.800***

0.205

−2.461***

0.257

Religion

 Catholic (RC)

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.000

 

 Protestant

0.028

0.144

0.227

0.237

−0.174

0.242

0.119

0.275

 Pentecostal/

Charismatic

−0.641***

0.133

−0.425*

0.215

−0.513*

0.223

−0.943***

0.262

 Muslim

−1.600***

0.157

−0.973***

0.251

−1.541***

0.258

−2.545***

0.322

 Other

−1.190***

0.133

−1.121***

0.218

−0.984***

0.222

−1.393***

0.256

Place of Residence

 Rural (RC)

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.000

 

 Urban

0.462***

0.103

0.416**

0.164

0.585***

0.166

0.239

0.212

 Wealth Quintile

        

 Poorest (RC)

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.000

 

 Poorer

0.850***

0.122

0.717***

0.200

1.115***

0.198

0.673**

0.240

 Middle

1.809***

0.130

1.629***

0.216

1.862***

0.210

1.913***

0.255

 Richer

2.380***

0.146

2.083***

0.234

2.400***

0.239

2.721***

0.301

 Richest

4.107***

0.166

3.204***

0.274

4.381***

0.263

4.706***

0.343

 Number of Pregnancies

−0.242***

0.023

−0.401***

0.057

−0.175***

0.038

−0.222***

0.036

Frequency of abortions ever experienced

 0 (RC)

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.000

 

 1

0.675***

0.136

0.601**

0.231

0.611**

0.220

0.832**

0.265

 2

1.338***

0.203

1.760***

0.366

0.851**

0.322

1.782***

0.381

 3+

1.937***

0.328

2.342**

0.735

1.622**

0.501

1.731**

0.557

Maternal Age

0.119***

0.017

0.180***

0.037

0.169***

0.026

0.044

0.031

Age Group

 20–29 (RC)

0.000

       

 30–39

−0.593***

0.104

      

 40–49

−0.363**

0.135

      

 Constant

3.947***

0.355

3.155***

0.746

2.079***

0.586

4.918***

0.700

 Adjusted R2

0.4202

 

0.3961

 

0.4237

 

0.4345

 

 N

7208

 

2506

 

2799

 

1902

 
  1. RC Reference Category, Coef. Beta coefficient, Std. Err. Standard Error; All estimates are weighted
  2. Note: ***p < 0.001
  3. **p < 0.01
  4. *p < 0.05
  5. +p < 0.10
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