Table 2.
Association between whether a woman has correct knowledge of the legal status of abortion and whether the woman knows at least one person who has terminated a pregnancy in the past 5 years adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics (N=641)
| Unadjusted |
Adjusted* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | |
| Knows ≥1 person who has induced an abortion in the past 5 years | ||||
| No | 1.00 | 0.5055 | 1.00 | 0.7111 |
| Yes | 1.27 (0.62 to 2.57) | 1.17 (0.50 to 2.72) | ||
| Age group (years) | ||||
| 15–24 | 1.00 | 0.7018 | 1.00 | 0.1392 |
| 25–34 | 0.84 (0.55 to 1.27) | 0.53 (0.28 to 0.99) | ||
| 35–44 | 0.80 (0.33 to 1.96) | 0.77 (0.25 to 2.30) | ||
| Area of residence | ||||
| Urban | 1.00 | 0.4216 | 1.00 | 0.1598 |
| Rural | 0.71 (0.31 to 1.64) | 0.54 (0.22 to 1.29) | ||
| Province of residence | ||||
| Central | 1.00 | 0.2045 | 1.00 | 0.4421 |
| Copperbelt | 0.71 (0.30 to 1.68) | 0.63 (0.21 to 1.84) | ||
| Lusaka | 1.37 (0.49 to 3.81) | 1.03 (0.33 to 3.25) | ||
| Highest level of education attended | ||||
| None | 3.11 (1.70 to 5.69) | <0.0001 | 0.85 (0.07 to 10.28) | 0.0063 |
| Primary | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Secondary | 2.06 (1.17 to 3.64) | 1.29 (0.38 to 4.43) | ||
| Higher education | 4.90 (2.12 to 11.29) | 4.68 (1.52 to 14.37) | ||
| Religion | ||||
| Catholic | 1.00 | 0.8361 | 1.00 | 0.1287 |
| Other Christian | 1.19 (0.64 to 2.22) | 2.16 (0.87 to 5.34) | ||
| Other | 0.95 (0.10 to 9.30) | 0.17 (0.01 to 3.58) | ||
*Adjusted for all other variables in the model.