TABLE 3.
Odds ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) from logistic regression analyses assessing the likelihood that women used female or male sterilization, by selected characteristics
| Characteristic | Female sterilization | Male sterilization | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Age-adjusted | Model 1 | Model 2 | Age-adjusted | Model 1 | Model 2 | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White (ref) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Black | 2.3 (1.4–3.7)* | 2.6 (1.5–4.4)* | 1.9 (1.1–3.4)* | 0.3 (0.1–0.6)* | 0.3 (0.1–0.6)* | 0.3 (0.2–0.7)* |
| Hispanic | ||||||
| U.S.-born | 2.4 (1.6–3.5)* | 2.0 (1.4–3.0)* | 1.7 (1.1–2.5)* | 0.8 (0.6–1.3) | 0.7 (0.5–1.1) | 0.9 (0.6–1.3) |
| Foreign-born | 2.8 (2.2–3.7)* | 2.0 (1.5–2.7)* | 1.0 (0.7–1.5) | 0.2 (0.1–0.3)* | 0.2 (0.1–0.4)* | 0.5 (0.2–1.1) |
| Asian | ||||||
| U.S.-born | 0.4 (0.1–1.6) | 0.4 (0.1–1.6) | 0.5 (0.1–1.9) | 0.6 (0.3–1.3) | 0.5 (0.2–1.3) | 0.5 (0.2–1.1) |
| Foreign-born | 0.4 (0.2–1.0) | 0.5 (0.2–1.0) | 0.4 (0.2–0.9)* | 0.1 (0.0–0.2)* | 0.1 (0.0–0.3)* | 0.1 (0.0–0.3)* |
| % of poverty level | ||||||
| >200 (ref) | 1.0 | na | 1.0 | 1.0 | na | 1.0 |
| 101–200 | 3.3 (2.4–4.4)* | na | 2.2 (1.5–3.2)* | 0.4 (0.3–0.6)* | na | 0.5 (0.3–0.8)* |
| ≤100 | 3.9 (3.0–5.2)* | na | 2.4 (1.6–3.6)* | 0.2 (0.1–0.3)* | na | 0.3 (0.1–0.5)* |
| Education | ||||||
| High school (ref) | 1.0 | na | 1.0 | 1.0 | na | 1.0 |
| <high school | 3.0 (2.3–3.8)* | na | 1.3 (0.9–1.9) | 0.2 (0.1–0.4)* | na | 0.7 (0.4–1.2) |
| Parity | ||||||
| 0 (ref) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | 2.8 (1.1–7.1)* | 2.5 (1.0–6.3) | 2.4 (1.0–6.1) | 1.3 (0.8–2.2) | 1.4 (0.8–2.4) | 1.5 (0.9–2.5) |
| ≥2 | 16.0 (7.3–35.3)* | 13.1 (5.9–28.8)* | 11.5 (5.2–25.4)* | 2.8 (1.8–4.2) | 3.8 (2.5–5.8)* | 4.2 (2.7–6.5)* |
*
p<.05.
Notes: ref=reference group. na=not applicable, because characteristic was not included in the model.