Table 3.

Odds of Receiving Sterilization Counseling After Adjusting for the Specified Covariate^a

Variable	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	p Value
Race (controlling for education)
White	Reference
Hispanic	1.9	0.9–4.0	.096
Black	2.4	0.8–6.9	.098
Race (controlling for income)
White	Reference
Hispanic	1.6b	0.7–4.0	.269
Black	2.2	0.7–6.4	.161
Race (controlling for number of children)
White	Reference
Hispanic	1.7	0.8–3.8	.167
Black	2.3	0.7–7.0	.147
Race (controlling for marital status)
White	Reference
Hispanic	1.7	0.8–4.0	.188
Black	2.5	0.9–7.5	.089
Race (controlling for physical or testicular exam)
White	Reference
Hispanic	1.9	0.9–4.3	.093
Black	1.9b	0.7–5.7	.216
Race (controlling for unintentional pregnancy in past 5 years)
White	Reference
Hispanic	1.7	0.8–4.0	.188
Black	2.3	0.7–6.9	.154
Race (controlling for intent for additional children)
White	Reference
Hispanic	1.9	0.9–4.1	.091
Black	2.4	0.8–7.0	.115

^aAll estimates are weighted to reflect the U.S. male civilian population aged 15 to 44 years.

^bIncome was the strongest confounder for Hispanic men whereas history of a physical or testicular exam was the strongest confounder for Black men.