Table 4 Past and current reproductive histories associated with repeat induced abortion among the women who seeks abortion care services at MSIE clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from April 1 to April 30, 2015

 Less than 1 year

92 (32.3)

36 (25.0)

1.0

 1–2 years

48 (16.8)

11 (7.6)

0.5 (0.2–1.2)

 2–5 years

42 (14.7)

31 (21.5)

1.8 (1.0–3.4)

 5–10 years

42 (14.7)

39 (27.1)

2.3 (1.3–4.2)

 Above 10 years

61 (21.4)

27 (18.8)

1.1 (0.6–2.0)

 Total

66.4%

33.6%

 1–2

88 (30.9)

52 (36.1)

0.9 (0.4–2.1)

 3–4

116 (40.7)

36 (25.0)

0.5 (0.2–1.1)

 5–6

61 (21.4)

44 (30.6)

1.2 (0.5–2.7)

 Above 7

20 (7.0)

12 (8.3)

1.0

  < 1 year

161 (56.5)

104 (72.2)

1.6 (0.5–5.2)

 1–2 years

97 (34.0)

30 (20.8)

0.7 (0.2–2.6)

 2–3 years

17 (6.0)

6 (4.2)

0.8 (0.2–3.9)

 Above 3 years

10 (3.5)

4 (2.8)

1.0

 Yes

79 (27.7)

40 (27.8)

1.0

 No

206 (72.3)

104 (72.2)

0.9 (0.6–1.5)

 Being single

84 (29.5)

51 (35.4)

2.4 (0.7–7.6)

 Schooling

50 (17.5)

25 (17.4)

2.0 (0.6–6.6)

 Spacing

12 (4.2)

4 (2.8)

1.3 (0.2–6.4)

Economic problem

100 (35.1)

44 (30.6)

1.7 (0.5–5.50

 Separation

23 (8.1)

16 (11.10

2.7 (0.7–9.8)

 Others

16 (5.6)

4 (2.8)

1.0

 1 month-1 year

149 (52.3)

96 (66.7)

1.0

 1–2 years

69 (24.2)

23 (16.0)

0.5 (0.3–0.8)

 2–3 years

32 (11.2)

9 (6.2)

0.4 (0.2–0.9)

 Above 3 years

35 (12.3)

16 (11.1)

0.7 (0.3–1.3)

 Medication

183 (64.2)

100 (69.4)

1.0

 MVA

102 (35.8)

44 (30.6)

0.7 (0.5–1.2)