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