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. 2020 Sep 22;2020:2856502. doi: 10.1155/2020/2856502

Table 4.

Factors associated with induced abortion among Hawassa University students, SNNPR, Ethiopia, April 2019.

Characteristics Abortion COR (95% CI) P value AOR (95% CI) P value
Yes No
Age (grouped) 18-20 11 14 1 0.015 1 0.369
21-23 238 106 0.350 (0.154-0.796) 0.012 2.546 (0.682-9.505) 0.164
24-26 41 12 0.230 (0.083-0.637) 0.005 2.717 (0.588-12.558) 0.201

Years of education 1st year 34 40 1 0.000 1 0.023
2nd year 122 52 0.362 (0.207-0.635) 0.000 7.862 (0.437-141.384) 0.162
3rd year 96 33 0.292 (0.160-0.535) 0.000 4.276 (0.249-73.451) 0.317
4th year 31 6 0.165 (0.061-0.441) 0.000 3.753 (0.219-64.422) 0.362
5th year 7 1 0.121 (0.014-1.037) 0.054 0.816 (0.040-16.617) 0.895

Monthly income in birr 300-500 48 29 1 0.561 1 0.270
501-700 117 52 0.736 (0.418-1.294) 0.287 0.571 (0.274-1.190) 0.135
701-900 106 42 0.656 (0.366-1.175) 0.156 0.473 (0.216-1.032) 0.060
≥901 19 9 0.784 (0.313-1.962) 0.603 0.837 (0.269-2.607) 0.759

Alcohol use Yes 152 34 3.175 (2.018-4.994) 0.000 0.730 (417-1.278) 0.271
No 138 98

Use of emergency contraceptives Yes 272 54 21.827 (12.101-39.370) 0.000 11.95 (5.615-25.326) 0.000
No 18 78

Have reproductive health education Yes 79 29 1.330 (0.818-2.163) 0.251 0.846 (0.453-1.580) 0.600
No 211 103