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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 4.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Oct;118(4):905–912. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31822f12b7

Table 3.

Adjusted odds of reporting a moral objection to abortion in one or more scenarios, in the case of sex selection, and in one or more scenarios other than sex selection, by physician characteristics

Object
To one or more scenarios To sex selection To one or more scenarios other than sex selection
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Characteristic
Age, yrs .98 (.95–1.0) .98 (.95–.99)* .96 (0.94–.98)*
Female sex 1.3 (0.9–2.0) 1.2 (0.8–1.8) 0.5 (0.4–0.8)*
Race/Ethnicity
 White, non- Hispanic Referent Referent Referent
 Black, non- Hispanic 0.4 (0.2–0.9)* 0.4 (0.2–0.9)* 0.8 (0.4–1.6)
 Asian 0.7 (0.3–1.5) 0.8 (0.4–1.6) 0.7 (0.3–1.3)
 Hispanic/Latino 0.5 (0.2–1.1) 0.6 (0.3–1.3) 0.7 (0.3–1.4)
 Other 1.4 (0.4–4.9) 1.7 (0.5–6.1) 1.0 (0.1–10.0)
Married 1.2 (0.7–2.0) 1.4 (0.8–2.3) 1.1 (0.6–1.8)
Children 1.4 (0.8–2.6) 1.3 (0.7–2.3) 1.5 (0.9–2.6)
US born 1.0 (0.5–1.8) 1.3 (0.7–2.3) 0.8 (0.4–1.3)
Region
 Northeast Referent Referent Referent
 South 1.8 (1.1–3.1)* 1.6 (1.0–2.7) 1.9 (1.2–3.0)*
 idwest 1.9 (1.1–3.4)* 1.9 (1.1–3.5)* 1.9 (1.2–3.1)*
 West 0.9 (0.6–1.6) 0.8 (0.5–1.3) 1.3 (0.8–2.1)
Religious affiliation
 None Referent Referent Referent
 Hindu 0.5 (0.2–1.4) 0.6 (0.2–1.6) 1.0 (0.4–2.8)
 Jewish 0.5 (0.2–1.0)* 0.5 (0.2–0.9)* 0.3 (0.1–0.7)*
 Muslim 2.7 (0.7–10.3) 4.4 (1.0–18.8)* 3.4 (1.2–9.6)*
 Roman 1.5 (0.8–3.1) 1.3 (0.7–2.6) 2.7 (1.4–5.1)*
Catholic/Eastern Orthodox
 Protestant, Evangelical 2.6 (0.8–8.8) 2.7 (0.8–9.3) 3.7 (1.4–10.0)*
 Protestant, Non– Evangelical 1.4 (0.7–2.7) 1.4 (0.8–2.8) 1.7 (0.9–3.2)
 Other Religion Importance of religion in life 0.7 (0.2–1.8) 0.6 (0.2–1.6) 0.8 (0.3–2.2)
 Not very/not at all important Referent Referent Referent
 Fairly important 1.6 (1.0–2.6) 1.7 (1.0–2.8) 1.7 (1.1–2.8)*
 Very important 2.0 (1.1–3.4)* 2.2 (1.3–3.8)* 3.6 (2.2–5.9)*
 Most important 6.3 (2.3–17.6)* 6.1 (2.3–15.8)* 16.9 (7.7–37.1)*
 ACOG Member 1.0 (0.5–2.0) 1.0 (0.5–2.0) 0.7 (0.4–1.3)
 Percent Urban 1.5 (0.5–4.9) 1.7 (0.6–5.2) 0.3 (0.1–0.7)*

Table presents results of multivariable logistic regression analyses that adjust for all variables in the table.

*

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