Table 3.
Determinants of mistimed and unwanted pregnancies, Kersa district, Eastern Ethiopia, 2010
| Characteristics | Mistimed | Unwanted | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR | CI | AOR | CI | ||||
| Age | < 20 Years | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| 20-29 Years | 0.935 | 0.592 | 1.477 | 1.534 | 0.444 | 5.293 | |
| 30-39 Years | 0.645 | 0.399 | 1.043 | 1.380 | 0.399 | 4.773 | |
| 40 + Years | 0.943 | 0.545 | 1.633 | 4.028* | 1.142 | 14.209 | |
| Educational level | Literate | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Illiterate | 0.806 | 0.579 | 1.122 | 1.461 | 0.699 | 3.053 | |
| Residence | Rural town | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rural | 1.964* | 1.049 | 3.679 | 0.973 | 0.409 | 2.315 | |
| Wealth status | Rich | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Middle | 1.18 | 0.878 | 1.587 | 0.761 | 0.47 | 1.233 | |
| Poor | 1.689*** | 1.267 | 2.251 | 0.962 | 0.608 | 1.522 | |
| Ever use of FP | No | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Yes | 1.187 | 0.919 | 1.532 | 0.864 | 0.556 | 1.341 | |
| Parity | Never give birth | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| 1-4 birth | 2.337*** | 1.555 | 3.511 | 1.961 | 0.792 | 4.858 | |
| 5-6 birth | 2.548*** | 1.586 | 4.093 | 6.122*** | 2.408 | 15.566 | |
| 7 + birth | 3.111*** | 1.869 | 5.177 | 14.342*** | 5.717 | 35.983 | |
| Time to walk to the nearest HF | < 40 min | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| 40-79 min | 1.261 | 0.945 | 1.684 | 0.774 | 0.487 | 1.231 | |
| 80 + min | 2.576*** | 1.649 | 4.023 | 1.436 | 0.685 | 3.010 | |
| LR chi2 | 225.47 | ||||||
| Pseudo R2 | 0.0730 | ||||||
| Prob > chi2 | 0.0000 | ||||||
| Log likelihood | -1431.51 | ||||||
* = p < 0.05; ** = p < 0.01; *** = p < 0.001