Table 2
Decision to have an abortion when last pregnancy was unintended, according to sociodemographic, reproductive, and relationship factors in each age groups, odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (multiple regression models)
| Age of the woman at the time of last pregnancy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <25 (n=140) | 25–34 (n=349) | ⩾35 (n=154) | ||||
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| All variables entered into the model simultaneously. Woman’s work status: <25 years χ2=6.9, p<0.05; 25–34 years χ2=4.6 non-significant; ⩾35 years χ2=17.8 p<0.001. | ||||||
| Marital status, married | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Co-habitant | 4.8 | 0.5 to 46.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 to 3.9 | 2.2 | 0.3 to 15.5 |
| Single | 17.2 | 1.9 to 156.8 | 2.0 | 0.6 to 6.4 | 13.8 | 0.9 to 195.1 |
| No information | 5.2 | 0.5 to 59.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 to 5.8 | 0.7 | 0.01 to 35.2 |
| Education, less than high school | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| High school or more | 3.7 | 1.1 to 12.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 to 1.6 | 5.5 | 1.6 to 19.1 |
| Work status, working and good moment to get pregnant or it didn’t matter 1) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Working, not a good moment to get pregnant | 5.8 | 1.0 to 34.5 | 2.1 | 0.8 to 5.7 | 10.8 | 2.4 to 49.5 |
| Inactive (student, housewife, other) | 6.2 | 1.6 to 24.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 to 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 to 2.2 |
| Age of the partner (continuous) | 1.1 | 0.9 to 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 to 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 to 1.1 |
| Education of the partner,< high school | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| high school or more | 6.4 | 1.3 to 30.7 | 2.1 | 1.0 to 4.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 to 2.8 |
| Work status of the partner, working | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| student, unemployed, other | 1.0 | 0.3 to 4.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 to 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.02 to 3.9 |
| Relationship, stable | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| unstable | 0.8 | 0.2 to 2.8 | 3.3 | 1.2 to 9.2 | 12.1 | 1.6 to 92.3 |
| Number of children before, 0–1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| ⩾2 children | 9.0 | 0.6 to 137.3 | 7.6 | 3.8 to 14.9 | 3.1 | 0.7 to 12.9 |
