Table 2.
Number and proportion of women who used contraceptive method and crude and adjusted odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals showing influence of access to family planning services, and sociodemographic
| Variables | Contraceptive use in the 6 months following an abortion | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | Month 2 | Month 3 | Month 4 | Month 5 | Month 6 | ORcrude | 95 % CI | ORadjusted a | 95 % CI | |
| Utilization of family planning services in the previous month | ||||||||||
| None | 52 (59.8 %) | 39 (35.7 %) | 60 (56.1 %) | 65 (67.7 %) | 65 (73.0 %) | 60 (70.6 %) | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
| Just contraceptive counseling | 4 (4.6 %) | 6 (5.5 %) | 7 (6.5 %) | 3 (3.1 %) | 4 (4.5 %) | 2 (2.3 %) | 1.05 | 0.51–2.15 | 1.16 | 0.56–2.38 |
| Just medical consultation | 12 (13.8 %) | 32 (29.4 %) | 18 (16.8 %) | 18 (18.7 %) | 15 (16.9 %) | 19 (22.4 %) | 0.88 | 0.60–1.30 | 0.91 | 0.60–1.38 |
| Both | 19 (21.8 %) | 32 (29.4 %) | 22 (20.6 %) | 10 (10.4 %) | 5 (5.6 %) | 4 (4.7 %) | 1.93 | 1.17–3.18 | 1.93 | 1.13–3.30 |
| Pregnancy planning status | ||||||||||
| Unplanned | 17 (19.5 %) | 23 (21.1 %) | 25 (23.4 %) | 23 (24.0 %) | 16 (18.0 %) | 19 (22.3 %) | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
| Ambivalent | 44 (50.6 %) | 54 (49.5 %) | 50 (46.7 %) | 43 (44.8 %) | 49 (55.1 %) | 43 (50.6 %) | 0.91 | 0.49–1.69 | 0.79 | 0.43–1.46 |
| Planned | 26 (29.9 %) | 32 (29.4 %) | 32 (29.9 %) | 30 (31.2 %) | 24 (26.9 %) | 23 (27.1 %) | 0.79 | 0.40–1.56 | 0.71 | 0.36–1.40 |
| Desire to have more children | ||||||||||
| No | 32 (36.8 %) | 50 (45.9 %) | 47 (43.9 %) | 41 (42.7 %) | 46 (51.7 %) | 39 (45.9 %) | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
| Yes | 55 (63.2 %) | 59 (54.1 %) | 60 (56.1 %) | 55 (57.3 %) | 43 (48.3 %) | 46 (54.1 %) | 0.77 | 0.55–1.08 | 0.81 | 0.57–1.15 |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 15–24 years | 19 (21.8 %) | 26 (23.8 %) | 27 (25.3 %) | 27 (28.1 %) | 25 (28.1 %) | 24 (28.2 %) | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
| 25–34 years | 44 (50.6 %) | 55 (50.5 %) | 53 (49.5 %) | 45 (46.9 %) | 42 (47.2 %) | 36 (42.4 %) | 2.76 | 1.53–4.98 | 2.96 | 1.61–5.42 |
| 35–44 years | 24 (27.6 %) | 28 (25.7 %) | 27 (25.2 %) | 24 (25.0 %) | 22 (24.7 %) | 25 (29.4 %) | 1.59 | 0.86–2.92 | 1.50 | 0.78–2.87 |
| Education | 1.01 | 0.92–1.11 | 1.03 | 0.93–1.13 | ||||||
| Intercept | 0.99 | 0.30–3.25 | ||||||||
Odds ratios estimated using Generalized Estimating Equations with uncorrelated matrix and logit link function assumed
aAdjusted also by time of observation (1–6 months)