TABLE 3—
Determinants of Contraceptive Initiation: Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institute Respondents, 2002–2004
| Initiated Use of a Contraceptive Method (n = 41), No. (%) | Did Not Initiate Use of a Contraceptive Method (n = 64), No. (%) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |||
| Race/ethnicity | 0.41 (0.18, 0.94)* | ||
| White | 15 (39.5) | 38 (61.3) | |
| Other | 23 (60.5) | 24 (38.7) | |
| Religion | 0.55 (0.24, 1.25) | ||
| Catholic | 13 (32.5) | 29 (46.8) | |
| Other | 27 (67.5) | 33 (53.2) | |
| Education | 0.99 (0.42, 2.31) | ||
| Less than high school | 13 (32.5) | 20 (32.3) | |
| High school or above | 27 (67.5) | 42 (67.7) | |
| Homeless | 9 (22.0) | 4 (6.3) | 4.22 (1.20, 14.78)* |
| No health insurance | 25 (62.5) | 37 (58.7) | 1.17 (0.52, 2.64) |
| Released within 7 days of incarceration | 5 (12.2) | 24 (37.5) | 0.23 (0.08, 0.67)* |
| Previous incarceration | 21 (51.2) | 41 (64.1) | 0.59 (0.27, 1.31) |
| Drug or alcohol use in past 90 days | 25 (61.0) | 49 (76.6) | 0.48 (0.20, 1.12) |
| Sexual/pregnancy history | |||
| No. of sexual partners in past 3 mo | 1.55 (0.67, 3.58) | ||
| 1 | 22 (56.4) | 38 (66.7) | |
| >1 | 17 (43.6) | 19 (33.3) | |
| Lives with primary/steady partner | 3 (7.9) | 15 (25.0) | 0.26 (0.07, 0.96)* |
| Pregnancy history | |||
| Previous pregnancy | 28 (68.3) | 49 (76.6) | 0.66 (0.27, 1.58) |
| Previous unplanned pregnancy | 23 (56.1) | 45 (70.3) | 0.54 (0.24, 1.22) |
| Past pregnancy termination | 15 (36.6) | 26 (40.6) | 0.84 (0.38, 1.89) |
| Perceives chance of becoming pregnant in next 6 mo | 14 (34.2) | 24 (37.5) | 0.86 (0.38, 1.96) |
| Negative pregnancy attitude | 25 (61.0) | 34 (53.1) | 1.38 (0.62, 3.06) |
| Contraceptive use | |||
| Always used condoms in past 3 months | 11 (28.2) | 10 (17.5) | 1.85 (0.70, 4.90) |
| Always used other birth control in past 3 months | 6 (15.4) | 2 (3.5) | 5.00 (0.95, 26.23) |
| Wants to initiate (or continue) use of birth control method | 39 (95.1) | 44 (68.8) | 8.86 (1.95, 40.37)* |
Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. Mean ages were 24.8 years (SD = 4.76) for women who initiated birth control and 25.1 years (SD = 5.13) for women who did not initiate birth control (OR = 0.99; 95% CI = 0.91, 1.07).
*P < .05.