Table 2.

Association between induced abortion and independent variables

Variables	Induced abortion (%)	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value
Age
<30 years	33 (17%)	5.69 (1.98–16.53)	0.001
≥30 years	4 (4%)	1
Education
Educated	33 (16%)	4.56 (1.57–13.25)	0.005
Not educated	4 (4%)	1
Marital status
Married	2 (1%)	0.03 (0.01–0.15)	<0.001
Single/never married	23 (24%)	1
Widowed/divorced	12 (57%)	4.29 (1.61–11.46)	0.004
Previous abortion
Yes	36 (68%)	529.41 (68.37–4099.39)	<0.001
No	1 (1%)	1
Number of living children
0	10 (5%)	1
≥1	27 (24%)	5.68 (2.63–12.27)	<0.001
Pregnancy
Wanted	6 (3%)	1
Unwanted	31 (37%)	20.86 (8.28–52.58)	<0.001
Number of pregnancies
1	23 (26%)	5.11 (2.48–10.50)	<0.001
≥1	14 (6%)	1
Religion
Christian	23 (20%)	1
Muslim	14 (7%)	0.32 (0.16–0.65)	0.002
Head of household
Woman/husband	8 (3%)	1
Parents	29 (41%)	19.98 (8.54–46.77)	<0.001
Use of contraceptives
Yes	9 (15%)	1
No	28 (12%)	0.75 (0.33–1.69)	0.491

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.