Table 3.

Ob/Gyn physicians’ objections and unwillingness to offer a contraceptive, by gender, region, and religious characteristics

	MD objects to one or more contraceptive methods				MD would not offer one or more contraceptive methods
	%	N	P*	OR(95%CI) †	%	N	P*	OR†
Gender
Female	2	12	.001	1.0 referent	5	28	.05	1.0 referent
Male	7	42		2.0(1.0–4.0)	8	51		1.4(.8–2.5)
Region
South	6	23	.1	1.0 referent	9	36	.06	1.0 referent
Midwest	5	12		.9(.4–2.1)	6	17		.6(.3–1.3)
Northeast	2	8		.4(.1–1.1)	5	15		.6(.3–1.2)
West	5	9		1.0(.4–2.2)	4	9		.4(.2–.9)
Religious affiliation
Non-evangelical Protestant	5	15	.005	1.0 referent	6	19	.4	1.0 referent
Evangelical Protestant	10	9		1.6(.7–4.0)	11	10		1.5(.7–3.5)
Catholic	7	20		1.3(.6–2.8)	8	23		1.2(.6–2.4)
Muslim	2	1		.4(.05–3.4)	2	1		.2(.03–2.0)
Jewish	1	4		.2(.07–.7)	4	8		.6(.2–1.5)
Hindu	2	2		.6(.08–4.8)	5	6		.9(.2–3.4)
Other religion	4	2		.9(.1–5.4)	10	5		2.2(.7–7.1)
No religion	1	1		.2(.02–1.5)	5	5		.8(.3–2.2)
Importance of religion
Not/fairly important	2	9	<.001	1.0 referent	5	34	.1	1.0 referent
Very/most important	9	45		6.0(2.5–14)	8	44		1.4(.8–2.5)
Attendance at services
2 per year or less	1	5	<.001	1.0 referent	5	19	.06	1.0 referent
3x per year to monthly	2	6		1.5(.4–6.0)	6	17		1.1(.5–2.6)
Twice a month or more	9	43		7.4(2.5–22)	9	42		1.9(1.0–3.7)

Percentages reflect survey-design adjusted estimates of all US Ob-Gyn physicians.

^*P values reflect the bivariate associations between background characteristics and objections/unwillingness to offer specific contraceptives.

^†Multivariable odds ratios include gender, race, age, and region. For gender and region the analysis also includes religious affiliation, importance of religion, and attendance at services.