Table 4.

Predictors of providers’ knowledge and attitudes about contraception

	IUC and infertility	IUC and PID	Emergency Contraception >48 hours
Age, years (ref<36)*
36–45	1.5 (0.7–3.3)	1.7 (0.9–3.4)	3.2 (1.4–7.3)*
46–55	1.9 (0.8–4.3)	2.5 (1.3–5.1)*	4.4 (1.9–10.1)*
>56	3.7 (1.5–9.1)*	2.7 (1.3–5.8)*	6.9 (2.8–17.0)+
Specialty of obstetrics and gynecology (ref=Family medicine)	0.3 (0.1–0.5)+	0.5 (0.3–0.8)*	0.3 (0.1–0.4)+
Frequency of prescribing contraception (ref=frequently)
Never or    rarely	0.7 (0.3–1.9)	0.5 (0.2–1.4)	0.9 (0.4–2.3)
Occasionally	1.7 (1.0–3.2)	2.4 (1.4–4.2)*	1.7 (1.0–3.1)
Board certified (ref=no)	0.6 (0.2–1.7)	0.8 (0.3–1.8)	0.2 (0.1–0.6)*
Accepts Medicaid patients (ref=no)	0.9 (0.5–1.7)	0.6 (0.3–0.9)*	0.9 (0.5–1.6)
Does IUC insertions* (ref=no)	0.4 (0.2–0.7)*	0.5 (0.3–0.9)*	0.5 (0.3–0.9)*

^*p<0.05.

⁺p<0.001.

^**Other variables included in the model are sex, race/ethnicity, professional degree, practice type, and region.