Table 4. Predictors of women undergoing abortions at home in the first trimester with medication (self-managed abortions) NFHS-5 (2019-21).
OR: Odds ratio; aOR: Adjusted odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval; NHFS: National Family and Health Survey
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No. of observations in the model= 5,545
| Variables | N (%) (n=1,501) | OR (95% CI) | p-value | aOR (95% CI) | p-value |
| Individual level | |||||
| Age (in years) | |||||
| ≤19 | 38 (2.02) | Ref | Ref | ||
| 20-29 | 943 (63.73) | 1.48 (0.89, 2.46) | 0.79 (0.42,1.49) | ||
| 30-39 | 470 (30.51) | 1.16 (0.69, 1.94) | 0.49 (0.25,0.95) | ||
| ≥40 | 50 (3.74) | 1.39 (0.75, 2.60) | 0.02 | 0.50 (0.23,1.07) | <0.001 |
| Education attainment | |||||
| No education | 222 (16.22) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Primary | 193 (14.04) | 1.09 (0.82, 1.45) | 1.11 (0.81,1.51) | ||
| Secondary | 895 (56.56) | 0.77 (0.62, 0.96) | 0.92 (0.71,1.20) | ||
| Higher | 191 (13.18) | 0.44 (0.33, 0.59) | <0.001 | 0.80 (0.56,1.15) | 0.33 |
| Exposure to mass media | |||||
| No exposure | 326 (21.96) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Any exposure | 1,175 (78.04) | 0.71 (0.58, 0.86) | <0.001 | 0.97 (0.77,1.22) | 0.81 |
| Household level | |||||
| Religion | |||||
| Hindu | 1,246 (88.53) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Muslim | 135 (9.32) | 0.80 (0.62, 1.05) | 0.76 (0.57,1.03) | ||
| Other | 120 (2.15) | 0.43 (0.31, 0.59) | <0.001 | 0.61 (0.43,0.87) | 0.008 |
| Wealth quintile | |||||
| Poorest | 311 (18.52) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Poorer | 383 (22.30) | 0.86 (0.68, 1.09) | 1.03 (0.79,1.35) | ||
| Middle | 296 (19.13) | 0.57 (0.44, 0.73) | 0.93 (0.69,1.24) | ||
| Richer | 280 (21.34) | 0.58 (0.45, 0.75) | 1.16 (0.84,1.61) | ||
| Richest | 231 (18.70) | 0.51 (0.39, 0.67) | <0.001 | 0.96 (0.66,1.41) | 0.52 |
| Community level | |||||
| Place of residence | |||||
| Urban | 380 (31.62) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Rural | 1,121 (68.38) | 1.36 (1.14, 1.63) | <0.001 | 1.05 (0.84,1.31) | 0.63 |
| Region | |||||
| North | 254 (14.19) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Central | 447 (38.13) | 1.27 (1.02, 1.59) | 1.03 (0.80,1.33) | ||
| East | 416 (32.44) | 1.40 (1.11, 1.78) | 1.02 (0.77,1.35) | ||
| Northeast | 291 (6.26) | 0.98 (0.76, 1.29) | 0.79 (0.57,1.09) | ||
| West | 42 (4.77) | 0.26 (0.17, 0.41) | 0.26 (0.17,0.41) | ||
| South | 51 (4.20) | 1.45 (0.09, 0.21) | <0.001 | 0.16 (0.11,0.25) | <0.001 |
| Pregnancy characteristic | |||||
| Parity | |||||
| 0 | 81 (3.31) | Ref | Ref | ||
| 1 | 389 (26.13) | 2.61 (1.78, 3.85) | 1.72 (1.09,2.71) | ||
| ≥2 | 1,031 (70.56) | 3.98 (2.74, 5.75) | <0.001 | 1.87 (1.20,2.92) | 0.02 |
| Abortion characteristics | |||||
| Reason for getting abortion | |||||
| Therapeutic | 99 (6.59) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Humanitarian and social | 1,351 (92.06) | 6.45 (4.84, 8.59) | 4.50 (3.34,6.07) | ||
| Sex selective | 15 (1.35) | 2.33 (1.12, 4.85) | <0.001 | 1.56 (0.72,3.38) | <0.001 |