Table 3. Factors associated with the place of abortion (public, private, home) for abortion care utilization in women aged 15-49 years (N=5,049).
aRRR: Adjusted relative risk ratio; SC: Scheduled Caste; ST: Scheduled Tribe; OBC: Other Backward Caste
*Testparm p-value
| Variables | Public Facility | Private Facility | |||
| aRRR | P-value | aRRR | P-value | Overall p-value* | |
| Individual level | |||||
| Age (in years) | |||||
| ≤19 | Ref | Ref | |||
| 20-29 | 2.17 (0.87,5.43) | 0.098 | 1.34 (0.65,2.78) | 0.426 | |
| 30-39 | 4.73 (1.84,12.17) | 0.001 | 2.06 (0.97,4.38) | 0.060 | |
| ≥40 | 4.19 (1.45,12.10) | 0.008 | 1.95 (0.82,4.65) | 0.133 | <0.001 |
| Education attainment | |||||
| No education | Ref | Ref | |||
| Primary | 1.51 (0.97, 2.33) | 0.063 | 0.94 (0.64,1.38) | 0.753 | |
| Secondary | 1.90 (1.31, 2.76) | 0.001 | 1.28 (0.93,1.77) | 0.132 | |
| Higher | 1.56 (0.94, 2.57) | 0.081 | 1.49 (0.98,2.26) | 0.063 | 0.002 |
| Exposure to mass media | |||||
| No exposure | Ref | Ref | |||
| Any exposure | 0.94 (0.69, 1.28) | 0.732 | 0.97 (0.73,1.28) | 0.804 | 0.92 |
| Getting money for treatment | |||||
| No problem | Ref | Ref | |||
| Problem | 1.38 (1.01, 1.90) | 0.044 | 1.20 (0.90,1.60) | 0.208 | |
| Household level | 1.10 (0.83, 1.45) | 0.489 | 1.09 (0.86,1.38) | 0.490 | 0.37 |
| Religion | |||||
| Hindu | Ref | Ref | |||
| Muslim | 2.13 (1.38, 3.29) | 0.001 | 1.33 (0.90,1.96) | 0.152 | |
| Other | 1.81 (1.11, 2.94) | 0.017 | 1.84 (1.21,2.80) | 0.005 | <0.001 |
| Caste | |||||
| SC | 1.65 (1.14, 2.37) | 0.007 | 1.06 (0.77, 1.45) | 0.712 | |
| ST | 1.45 (0.92, 2.28) | 0.104 | 0.83 (0.54, 1.29) | 0.425 | |
| OBC | 1.14 (0.82, 1.58) | 0.421 | 0.96 (0.73, 1.27) | 0.821 | 0.019 |
| Non-SC/ST/OBC | Ref | ||||
| Household size | |||||
| <5 members | Ref | Ref | |||
| 5+ members | 1.09 (0.85, 1.41) | 0.424 | 0.96 (0.78, 1.18) | 0.725 | 0.717 |
| Wealth quintile | |||||
| Poorest | Ref | Ref | |||
| Poor | 0.90 (0.60, 1.31) | 0.60 | 0.96 (0.68,1.34) | 0.799 | |
| Middle | 0.94 (0.63, 1.39) | 0.75 | 1.37 (0.95,1.95) | 0.087 | |
| Richer | 0.56 (0.35, 0.88) | 0.01 | 0.90 (0.61,1.33) | 0.593 | |
| Richest | 0.41 (0.24, 0.69) | 0.001 | 1.17 (0.75,1.84) | 0.483 | <0.001 |
| Community level | |||||
| Place of residence | |||||
| Urban | Ref | Ref | |||
| Rural | 0.84 (0.62, 1.13) | 0.26 | 0.88 (0.68,1.14) | 0.323 | 0.573 |
| Region | |||||
| North | Ref | Ref | |||
| Central | 0.57 (0.39, 0.83) | 0.003 | 1.19 (0.87,1.63) | 0.281 | |
| East | 0.67 (0.45, 0.98) | 0.044 | 1.27 (0.90,1.80) | 0.178 | |
| Northeast | 1.08 (0.69, 1.68) | 0.72 | 0.50 (0.32,0.78) | 0.002 | |
| West | 2.77 (1.58, 4.86) | <0.001 | 6.19 (3.69,10.38) | <0.001 | |
| South | 5.92 (3.64, 9.63) | <0.001 | 10.24 (6.55,16.03) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Pregnancy characteristic | |||||
| Parity | |||||
| 0 | Ref | Ref | |||
| 1 | 0.63 (0.36, 1.09) | 0.10 | 0.63 (0.37,1.07) | 0.087 | |
| >2 | 0.49 (0.28, 0.85) | 0.01 | 0.57 (0.34,0.97) | 0.037 | 0.128 |
| Abortion characteristics | |||||
| Reason for getting abortion | |||||
| Therapeutic | Ref | Ref | |||
| Humanitarian and social | 0.25 (0.18, 0.35) | <0.001 | 0.32 (0.23,0.45) | <0.001 | |
| Sex selective | 0.24 (0.09, 0.61) | 0.003 | 0.51 (0.22,1.15) | 0.103 | <0.001 |
| Method of abortion | |||||
| Medication | Ref | Ref | |||
| Surgical | 38.06 (23.62, 61.35) | <0.001 | 44.53 (28.11,70.53) | <0.001 | <0.001 |