Table 1.
Risk of unsafe abortion in relation to the socio-economic status of women at the time of unintended pregnancy
| Cases | Controls | Odds ratio | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | N = 171* | N = 600* | (95% CI) | ||
| No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Current marital status | |||||
| Single/divorce/separate/widow | 31 | 18.1% | 10 | 1.7% | 12.9 (6.3-27) |
| Parity (P) | |||||
| Primi | 36 | 21.1% | 83 | 13.8% | 1.7 (1.1-2.6) |
| Decided on family size | |||||
| No | 89 | 52.0% | 173 | 28.8% | 2.7 (1.9-3.8) |
| On contraceptives | |||||
| No | 103 | 60.2% | 238 | 39.7% | 1.5 (0.9-2.2) |
| Living children | |||||
| Yes | 40 | 23.4% | 92 | 15.3% | 1.7 (1.1-2.6) |
| Secondary education | |||||
| Not completed | 115 | 67.6% | 332 | 55.5% | 1.7 (1.2-2.4) |
| Currently employed | |||||
| Yes | 69 | 40.4% | 149 | 24.8% | 2.1 (1.4-2.9) |
| Type of occupation 1 | |||||
| Unskilled/Less skilled | 52 | 76.5% | 80 | 56.3% | 2.5 (1.3-4.8) |
| Secondary education of partner | |||||
| Not completed | 89 | 59.7% | 308 | 52.1% | 1.4 (0.7-1.6) |
*In some variables, row values do not add up to the total cases and controls due to missing data.
1Includes only the employed women.
CI = confidence interval.