TABLE 5.
Average marginal effects from ordinal logistic regression analysis between selected characteristics and belief that providers who object to abortion should be required to refer patients to another provider
| Characteristic | Strongly agree |
Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly disagree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical school | |||||
| University of Cape Town | 0.05 | −0.01 | −0.02 | −0.01 | −0.01 |
| Walter Sisulu University (ref) | na | na | na | na | na |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 0.08** | −0.02* | −0.03** | −0.02** | −0.02** |
| Male (ref) | na | na | na | na | na |
| Year in medical school | |||||
| 1st/2nd (ref) | na | na | na | na | na |
| 3rd/4th | 0.08* | −0.02* | −0.02* | −0.02* | −0.02** |
| 5th/6th | −0.05 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White | −0.07† | 0.02† | 0.02† | 0.02† | 0.02† |
| African/black (ref) | na | na | na | na | na |
| Coloured | 0.12* | −0.03* | −0.04* | −0.03* | −0.03* |
| Indian | 0.05 | −0.01 | −0.02 | −0.01 | −0.01 |
| Other | −0.08 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Religion | |||||
| Catholic | 0.04 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 |
| Non-Catholic Christian (ref) | na | na | na | na | na |
| Muslim | 0.06 | −0.01 | −0.02 | −0.01 | −0.01 |
| Hindu | 0.21** | −0.05* | −0.07** | −0.05** | −0.05* |
| Jewish | 0.29* | −0.07* | −0.09* | −0.06* | −0.07* |
| Other | 0.03 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 |
| Atheist/agnostic | 0.21** | −0.05* | −0.07† | −0.05** | −0.05* |
| Religious service attendance | −0.08** | 0.02** | 0.02** | 0.02** | 0.02** |
| Relationship status | |||||
| Single, never in relationship (ref)‡ | na | na | na | na | na |
| Single, no current relationship | −0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Single, in relationship | 0.12** | −0.03** | −0.04** | −0.03** | −0.03** |
| Ever had intercourse | |||||
| Yes | 0.19** | −0.04** | −0.06** | −0.04** | −0.05** |
| No (ref) | na | na | na | na | na |
*
p≤.05.
**
p≤.01.
†
p≤.10.
‡
Includes 11 “other” cases.
Notes: N=1,169. ref=reference group. na=not applicable.