Table 4.

Logistic Regression of the Likelihood of Sterilization Regret (N = 1,191).

Variables	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3			Model 4
Variables	B	SE	Exp(B)	B	SE	Exp(B)	B	SE	Exp(B)	B	SE	Exp(B)
Race/Ethnicity (White)
Black	−.34	.16	.71 ^*	−.35	.16	.71 ^*	−.23	.18	.79	−.12	.19	.89
Hispanic	.58	.16	1.79 ^***	.54	.17	1.72 ^**	.63	.19	1.88 ^**	.55	.20	1.74 ^**
Asian	.67	.71	1.96	.71	.71	2.03	.98	.73	2.67	.59	.76	1.81
Native American	.89	.34	2.43 ^*	.87	.34	2.39 ^*	.87	.36	2.38 ^*	.89	.37	2.43 ^*
Socioeconomic status
Years of education				−.03	.03	.97	−.04	.03	.96	−.02	.03	.98
Household income				.00	.02	1.00	.00	.03	1.00	−.02	.03	.98
Life course
Age							.00	.01	1.00	−.01	.02	.99 ^**
Union status
New relationship							.49	.16	1.63 ^**	−.23	.19	.79
Employment status (Not employed)
In school							−.33	.33	.72	−.50	.34	.61
Part-time							−.41	.23	.67	−.41	.24	.66
Full-time							−.29	.16	.75	−.29	.17	.75
Fertility history
Pregnant younger than 18							.38	.15	1.47 ^*	.26	.16	1.30
Ever unplanned pregnancy							−.24	.14	.78	−.21	.15	.81
Parity (No children)
1 child							−.51	.28	.60	−.38	.29	.68
2 children							−1.37	.25	.25 ^***	−1.20	.27	.30 ^***
3+ children							−1.50	.26	.22 ^***	−1.27	.29	.28 ^***
Partner vasectomy							.01	.29	1.01	−.20	.30	.82
Values
Religiosity							.06	.03	1.06 ^*	.04	.03	1.04
Catholic							.22	.16	1.25	.22	.17	1.24
Importance of motherhood							.13	.03	1.14 ^***	.14	.03	1.15 ^***
Importance of successful career							.14	.09	1.15	.16	.09	1.17
Importance of leisure							−.17	.08	.84 ^*	−.20	.08	.82 ^*
Sterilization history
Years since sterilization										.05	.02	1.06 ^***
Under 30 when sterilized										.78	.25	2.19
Tubal sterilization										−.52	.18	.60 ^**
Reason for sterilization (Voluntary)
Situational										1.15	.30	3.15 ^***
Health problem										.51	.18	1.66 ^*
Suggested/pressured by others										1.32	.26	3.74 ^***
Other reason										.64	.38	1.90 ^*
Constant	−.67	.08	^***	−.27	.35		−.46	.80		.19	.85

Psuedo R²	.02			.02			.08			.15
BIC	1536			1548.9			1570			1512.9

Note: Reference categories in parentheses.

^***

p<.001;

^**

p<.01;

p<.05.