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. 2016 Aug 17;16:56. doi: 10.1186/s12905-016-0335-1

Table 3.

Bivariate and Multivariate analysis of factors associated with unintended pregnancy among women attending ANC at Gelemso Hospital, Oromiya region, East Ethiopia, January 10 to April 13, 2015

Variable Pregnancy status COR(95 % CI) AOR(95 % CI)
Unintended Intended
Number (%) Number (%)
Marital status
 Married 87(23.5) 283(76.5) 1
 Single 11(40.7) 16(59.3) 4.7(2.12, 10.58) 5.5(2.25, 13.64) *
 Divorced/widowed 7(43.8) 9(56.2) 4.18(1.51, 11.56) 4.0 (1.31, 12.45) *
Age of the women in year
 Less than 18 years 18(43.9) 23(56.1) 1
 18–34 77(23.5) 250(76.5) 0.39(0.20,0.77) 0.51(0.23, 1.14)
 35 and above 17(37.8) 28(62.2) 0.78(0.33,1.84) 0.58(0.20,1.63)
Parity
   < 2 51(20.5) 198(79.5) 1
 3–5 36(33.0) 73(67.0) 1.92(1.16,3.17) 2.37(1.36, 4.15) *
 Above 5 25(45.5) 30(54.5) 3.2(1.75, 5.98) 4.76(2.40, 9.65) *
History of unwanted pregnancy
 Yes 19(39.6) 29(60.4) 1.92(1.03, 3.58) 1.86(0.94, 3.66)
 No 93(25.5) 272(74.5) 1
Heard about contraceptives
 Yes 97(25.3) 287(74.7) 1
 No 15(51.7) 14(48.3) 3.17(1.48, 6.81) 2.73(1.15, 6.50) *

*Significant at p-value of ≤ 0.05