TABLE 1—
Demographic Characteristics, Knowledge, Beliefs, and Odds Ratios (ORs) of Salvadoran Obstetrician-Gynecologists Involved in Reporting Abortions (n = 110): November 2003 Through March 2004
| Total No. (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted ORa (95% CI) | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 58 (53) | 1.52 (0.31, 2.63) | 1.30 (0.27, 1.82) |
| Male | 52 (47) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Years of practiceb | |||
| ≤ 5 | 43 (39) | 2.68 (1.19, 6.01)* | 2.42 (0.86, 6.87) |
| > 5 | 67 (61) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Type of practice | |||
| Public | 87 (79) | 3.74 (1.39, 10.04)* | 5.13(1.53, 17.24)** |
| Private | 23 (21) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Knows national law mandates confidentiality | |||
| No | 84 (76) | 4.48 (1.68, 11.9)** | 2.28 (0.65, 8.01) |
| Yes | 25 (23) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Knows international law mandates confidentiality | |||
| No | 68 (62) | 5.35 (2.31, 12.36)** | 3.34 (1.15, 9.71)* |
| Yes | 42 (38) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Believes national law mandates reporting of unlawful abortion | |||
| No | 22 (20) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 88 (80) | 2.65 (1.01, 6.98)* | 1.97 (0.6, 6.36) |
| Believes women delay seeking care for fear of prosecution | |||
| No | 15 (14) | 1.10 (0.37, 3.29) | 1.01 (0.25, 4.03) |
| Yes | 95 (86) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Believes confidentiality laws could protect providers who do not report | |||
| No | 35(32) | 2.71 (1.14, 6.4)* | 0.99 (0.33, 2.96) |
| Yes | 75 (68) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Believes it is ethical to not report | |||
| No | 34 (31) | 4.77(1.85, 12.28) ** | 2.56 (0.84, 7.82) |
| Yes | 76 (69) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Note. CI = confidence interval.
aFrom logistic regression, adjusted for all covariates in the table.
bObstetrician-gynecologists with more than 5 years of work experience were in practice before the 1998 legal reforms.
* P < .05; **P < .01.