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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 11.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2011 Dec 15;86(1):48–54. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2011.11.004

Table 3.

Association of physician characteristics with underestimation of US unintended pregnancy rate and risk of pregnancy when using no method of contraception (n=172)

Physician characteristics Underestimate US
unintended pregnancy
rate OR (95% CI)
Underestimate risk of
pregnancy with no
contraception OR (95% CI)
Gender
  Female Referent Referent
  Male 2.17 (1.01–4.66) 0.90 (0.33–2.42)
Age category
  <30 years Referent Referent
  30–39 years 0.56 (0.20–1.55) 0.29 (0.08–1.06)
  40–49 years 1.29 (0.34–4.98) 0.89 (0.16–5.00)
  ≥50 years 0.79 (0.20–3.03) 0.79 (0.15–4.11)
Have children
  No Referent Referent
  Yes 1.57 (0.59–4.14) 1.29 (0.43–3.92)
Supervise trainees
  No Referent Referent
  Yes 0.88 (0.39–1.98) 1.66 (0.62–4.41)
Religious objection to contraception
  No Referent Referent
  Yes 2.23 (0.59–8.41) 0.96 (0.22–4.17)
Number of patients per weeka 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 0.99 (0.99–1.00)
% of patients who are women of reproductive agea 0.97 (0.96–0.99) 1.00 (0.97–1.02)

Logistic regression models adjusted for all variables in the table, as well as geographic location

a

Entered as a continuous variable