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. 2018 Dec 4;69(680):e199–e207. doi: 10.3399/bjgp18X700277

Table 2.

Association of domestic violence and abuse and other covariates with having a consultation for emergency contraception, univariable analysis

Variable All subjects (n = 217 850) Cases with complete data (n = 22 135)


OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value
Previous 12 months’ experience of domestic violence and abusea No 1.00 1.00
Yes 3.59 (2.88 to 4.47) <0.000 3.37 (1.95 to 5.81) <0.000

Age categories, years 15–24 0.98 (0.92 to 1.04) 0.415 0.93 (0.75 to 1.16) 0.527
25–39 1.00 1.00
40–49 0.78 (0.72 to 0.85) <0.000 0.84 (0.69 to 1.04) 0.109

Ethnicity White 1.00 1.00
Black 1.60 (1.46 to 1.73) <0.000 1.42 (1.17 to 1.71) <0.000
Asian 0.87 (0.81 to 0.94) <0.000 0.87 (0.74 to 1.03) 0.099
Mixed 1.51 (1.33 to 1.71) <0.000 1.42 (1.07 to 1.90) 0.017
Other 0.81 (0.71 to 0.91) <0.000 0.61 (0.45 to 0.82) 0.001
Missing 0.37 (0.36 to 0.38) <0.000

Socioeconomic status (quintiles of level of deprivation) Least deprived: 1 1.00 1.00
2 1.14 (1.09 to 1.20) <0.000 1.07 (0.94 to 1.21) 0.314
3 1.30 (1.23 to 1.36) <0.000 1.29 (1.14 to 1.47) <0.000
4 1.49 (1.41 to 1.57) <0.000 1.36 (1.20 to 1.55) <0.000
Most deprived: 5 1.74 (1.64 to 1.84) <0.000 1.66 (1.45 to 1.91) <0.000
Unknown 0.36 (0.32 to 0.41) <0.000

Pregnancies, n 0 1.00 1.00
1 2.93 (2.83 to 3.04) <0.000 2.23 (1.98 to 2.52) <0.000
≥2 5.56 (5.39 to 5.74) <0.000 4.39 (3.95 to 4.88) <0.000

Children, n 0 1.00 1.00
1 2.63 (2.55 to 2.71) <0.000 1.82 (1.68 to 1.97) <0.000
≥2 3.27 (3.15 to 3.38) <0.000 2.18 (1.99 to 2.39) <0.000

History of alcohol misuse since age 15a No 1.00 1.00
Yes 2.40 (2.11 to 2.72) <0.000 2.58 (1.83 to 3.64) <0.000

History of depression/depressive episode within 2 yearsa No 1.00 1.00
Yes 2.32 (2.24 to 2.42) <0.000 1.98 (1.77 to 2.22) <0.000
a

Before index date.