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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2017 Dec 26;97(4):335–340. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2017.12.013

Table 5.

Significant predictors (OR and 95% CI) of low vs. moderate and high effectiveness contraceptive methods (N = 347).

Low vs. Moderate Effectiveness Low vs. High Effectiveness
Depressive symptoms (continuous) 1.06 (1.01–1.11) 1.05 (1.002–1.10)
Sociodemographics
 Age 1.08 (0.97–1.21) 1.14 (1.02–1.28)
Relationship characteristics
 Multiple sexual partners 3.10 (1.09–8.81) 3.78 (1.28–11.22)
Adversities
 Intimate partner violence 2.15 (0.75–6.15) 3.28 (1.11–9.68)

Other covariates in the model that were not significant predictors include race/ethnicity, marital status, education level, number of children, number of prior abortions, trimester of abortion, type of abortion (medication vs. surgical), importance of avoiding pregnancy in the next year, any reproductive coercion in past 6 months, and total number of childhood adversities.