Table V.
Predictors for consideration of termination of pregnancy following trisomy detection (N=3164)
| Demographic or experiential variable | Odds ratio | Wald χ2 statistic | p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | N.S. | ||
| Age | 1.079 | 10.977 | 0.001 |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic or Latino | N.S. | ||
| Race | |||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | N.S. | ||
| Asian | 1.854 | 15.486 | <0.001 |
| Black or African-American | 0.685 | 7.768 | <0.001† |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | N.S. | ||
| White | N.S. | ||
| Educational attainment | 1.136 | 20.482 | <0.001† |
| Household income | 1.181 | 34.760 | <0.001 |
| Health insurance status | N.S. | ||
| Religion | |||
| Catholic | N.S. | ||
| Evangelical Protestant | 0.358 | 54.586 | <0.001 |
| Other Protestant | N.S. | ||
| Mormon | 0.502 | 6.897 | 0.009† |
| Jewish | 2.510 | 20.089 | <0.001 |
| Buddhist | N.S. | ||
| Muslim | N.S. | ||
| Unaffiliated | 2.381 | 87.394 | <0.001 |
| Religiosity | 0.553 | 213.935 | <0.001 |
| Experience as a parent | 0.853 | 4.450 | 0.035 |
| Experience with physical disability | N.S. | ||
| Experience with mental illness or disability | N.S. | ||
| Experience with doctor-ordered genetic test | 1.498 | 9.806 | 0.002 |
| Experience with purchased genetic test | 1.916 | 17.225 | <0.001 |
*
N.S.=not significant. All p-values are reported using logistic regressional analysis adjusting for whether respondents were queried regarding trisomy 13 and 18 or trisomy 21.
†
This predictive variable does not remain significant in a multivariate logistic regression of all individually significant predictors of consideration of termination.