Table 2.

Crude and adjusted ORs* (and 95% CIs) for the relationship between sociodemographic or abortion-related characteristics and severity of abortion complications, among women receiving postabortion care, Prospective Morbidity Survey

Characteristic	Crude OR (95% CI)	P value	Adjusted OR† (95% CI)	P value
Residence
Urban	1.00 (reference)		1.00 (reference)
Rural	2.33 (1.82 to 3.00)	0.00	2.22 (1.70 to 2.91)	0.00
Age
15–19	1.00 (reference)		1.00 (reference)
20–29	0.92 (0.69 to 1.22)	0.55	0.93 (0.73 to 1.18)	0.52
30+	0.72 (0.56 to 0.94)	0.01	0.73 (0.55 to 0.98)	0.04
Marital status‡
In union	1.00 (reference)		1.00 (reference)
Not in union	1.30 (1.03 to 1.64)	0.03	1.63 (1.29 to 2.04)	0.00
Educational level
None or any primary	1.00 (reference)		1.00 (reference)
Any secondary schooling	0.67 (0.51 to 0.88)	0.01	0.94 (0.72 to 1.24)	0.67
University or more	0.25 (0.18 to 0.36)	0.00	0.45 (0.31 to 0.65)	0.00
No of living children
None	1.00 (reference)		1.00 (reference)
1–2	1.26 (1.01 to 1.57)	0.04	1.68 (1.33 to 2.13)	0.00
3+	1.37 (1.04 to 1.80)	0.03	1.68 (1.13 to 2.49)	0.01
Estimated gestational age
First trimester	1.00 (reference)		1.00 (reference)
Second trimester	1.42 (1.08 to 1.87)	0.01	1.31 (1.01 to 1.71)	0.04
Facility where postabortion care was received
Primary health centre	1.00 (reference)		–
District hospitals	1.50 (0.45 to 5.00)	0.50	–	–
Provincial and Central hospitals	0.72 (0.22 to 2.30)	0.57	–	–
Private and NGO facilities	0.49 (0.15 to 1.61)	0.24	–	–
Relative wealth quintile
Poorest	1.00 (reference)		1.00 (reference)
Poor	1.17 (0.86 to 1.59)	0.32	1.09 (0.83 to 1.43)	0.51
Medium	0.86 (0.60 to 1.24)	0.42	0.84 (0.59 to 1.20)	0.32
Wealthy	0.90 (0.67 to 1.21)	0.48	0.88 (0.65 to 1.20)	0.42
Wealthiest	0.84 (0.64 to 1.09)	0.19	0.80 (0.63 to 1.02)	0.08
Time between deciding to seek care and arrival at a facility§
No delay (wait <2 hours)	1.00 (reference)		–
Less than a day	1.28 (1.03 to 1.60)	0.03	–	–
1+ days	0.90 (0.57 to 1.43)	0.66	–	–

*Model is an ordinal logistic regression where the outcome is three levels: mild complications; moderate complications; severe complications or near miss or death.

†Bivariate and multivariate models are restricted to cases with no item non-response for any of the variables in the table. The weighted N for the multivariate model is 1232.

‡In union indicates currently married or living together; not in union indicates never married, with partner and not living together, or separated/divorced/widowed.

§Refers to the initial facility the respondent went to, which might not be the same facility where the respondent ultimately received care.

–Not included in final regression.

NGO, non-governmental organisation.