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. 2020 Oct 22;15(10):e0241050. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241050

Table 4. Multilevel logistic regression models showing fixed-effects results on factors associated with unintended pregnancy among adolescent girls and young women.

Variables Model 0 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
aOR[95%CI aOR[95%CI] aOR[95%CI] aOR[95%CI]
Individual level variables
Age
15–19 1.46***[1.25–1.70] 1.48***[1.26–1.73]
20–24 Ref Ref
Educational Level
No formal Education Ref Ref
Primary 1.98***[1.68–2.33] 1.99***[1.69–2.33]
Secondary/Higher 2.36***[1.96–2.84] 2.30***[1.90–2.78]
Marital status
Single 8.99***[7.43–10.87] 9.23***[7.55–11.28]
Cohabiting 2.47***[2.11–2.89] 2.53***[2.16–2.96]
Married Ref Ref
Frequency of reading newspaper/magazine
Not at all Ref Ref
Less than once a week 0.89[0.68–1.18] 0.87[0.66–1.15]
At least once a weak 0.82[0.59–1.13] 0.81[0.59–1.12]
Frequency of listening to radio
Not at all 0.91[0.75–1.10] 0.92[0.76–1.11]
Less than once a week Ref Ref
At least once a weak 0.94[0.77–1.14] 0.94[0.77–1.14]
Frequency of watching television
Not at all Ref Ref
Less than once a week 1.18[0.96–1.48] 1.15[0.92–1.43]
At least once a weak 0.98[0.82–1.15] 0.92[0.76–1.11]
Parity
Zero births 0.66***[0.56–0.78] 0.65***[0.55–0.77]
One birth Ref Ref
Two births 1.41***[1.17–1.69] 1.42***[1.18–1.71]
Three or more births 1.95***[1.57–2.44] 1.99***[1.59–2.48]
Ever used contraceptives
No Ref Ref
Yes 1.34***[1.14–1.57] 1.32***[1.12–1.54]
Contextual level variables
Wealth quintile
Poor Ref Ref
Middle 1.15[0.98–1.35] 1.12[0.95–1.33]
Rich 1.18*[1.02–1.37] 1.28*[1.08–1.51]
Sex of household head
Male Ref Ref
Female 1.88***[1.62–2.18] 0.98[0.82–1.16]
Place of residence
Urban 1.37***[1.19–1.59] 0.95[0.81–1.13]
Rural Ref Ref

Exponentiated coefficients; 95% confidence intervals in brackets; AOR adjusted Odds Ratios CI Confidence Interval

*p< 0.05

**p< 0.01

***p< 0.001.