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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2011 Jun;37(2):58–66. doi: 10.1363/3705811

Table 4.

Odds Ratios of Births Reported as Intended Following Contraceptive Failure and Discontinuation for Reasons Other Than Desire for Pregnancy, by Country

Characteristics Bangladesh Dominican
Republic
Kazakhstan Kenya Philippines Zimbabwe
Age
  Under 25a 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  25–34 1.23 1.23 0.84 1.96** 1.21 1.64
  35–49 0.95 1.65* 0.80 2.18* 1.02 2.59*
Education
  Nonea 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Primary 0.71* 0.69 n/a 0.54 0.80 1.82
  Secondary + 0.66* 0.63 n/a 0.44 0.61 1.91
Place of Residence
  Urbana 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Rural 1.10 0.86 1.10 1.58* 0.84 1.12
Religion
  Other Religiona 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Christian n/a 1.01 n/a 0.71 1.00 0.97
  Muslim 0.93 n/a 1.14 n/a n/a n/a
Marital Status
  Never Marrieda n/a 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Married n/a 1.42 0.42 2.16* 0.92 1.90*
Number of living Children
  0–2 2.09* 1.23 1.52 2.28** 1.45 0.96
  3–4a 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  5 or more 0.18** 0.26** 0.40 0.24** 0.71 0.60
Achieved Family Size
  Less than Desireda 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Same as Desired 0.67 0.60** 0.47 0.64 0.93 0.58
  Exceeds Desired Size 0.85 0.45** 0.41 0.99 0.83 0.21**
Method
  Pill 0.93 1.17 1.51 0.73 0.75 1.60*
  Other Moderna 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Reasons for Discontinuation
  Failure 0.48** 0.41** 1.59 0.53** 0.73* 0.34**
  Other reason than pregnancya 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Months between discontinuation & preg.
  1–3 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  4–6 1.43 1.23 2.08 1.14 0.71 0.88
  7–12 1.85** 1.81** 1.96 2.52** 1.65 0.37*
  13+ 2.94** 2.09** 2.27 3.30** 1.53 0.82
  N 1,282 3,243 202 805 1,373 716

Note:

a

Denotes reference category;

**

p< 0.01

*

p< 0.05

p< 0.10