Table 2.

Reproductive characteristics of women in Chencha town, Southern Ethiopia, August, 2017 (n = 324).

Variables	Cases N (%)	Controls N (%)	COR in 95% CI	p value
Age at marriage
<18	13 (14.4%)	38 (16.2%)	1
18 and above	77 (85.6%)	196 (83.8%)	1.148 (0.58, 2.273)	0.691
Number of pregnancy
1–3	67 (74.4%)	169 (72.2%)	1
4–6	19 (21.2%)	50 (21.4%)	0.959 (0.526, 1.745)	0.89
7 and above	4 (4.4%)	15 (6.4%)	0.673 (0.215, 2.1)	0.495
Number of abortion
1	6 (75%)	17 (58.6%)	1
2 and above	2 (25%)	12 (41.4%)	0.472 (0.81, 2.752)	0.404
Age at first birth
<18	9 (10%)	19 (8.1%)	1
19–23	12 (13.3%)	27 (11.5%)	0.938 (0.33, 2.67)	0.905
24–29	31 (34.4%)	94 (40.2%)	0.696 (0.286, 1.697)	0.425
30 and above	38 (28.8%)	94 (40.2%)	0.853 (0.325, 2.054)	0.728
Number of children alive
1-2	47 (52.2%)	115 (49.1%)	1
3-4	36 (40%)	98 (41.9%)	0.899 (0.539, 1.498)	0.682
Greater than 4	7 (7.8%)	21 (9%)	0.816 (0.325, 2.047)	0.664
Future plan of fertility
To space	64 (71.1%)	180 (76.9%)	1
To limit birth	26 (28.9%)	54 (23.1%)	0.738 (0.427, 1.277)	0.278
Desired number of children
1-2	55 (85.9%)	108 (60%)	1
3-4	6 (9.4%)	63 (35%)	0.187 (0.076, 0.459)∗	0.000
5 and above	3 (4.7%)	9 (5%)	0.654 (0.523, 1.561)	0.717

^∗Candidate variables for multivariable analysis at p value ≤0.25.