Table 3:
Participant characteristics associated with correctly determining that a crisis pregnancy center did not provide abortion
| Variables | OR (95% CI) | P-value |
|---|---|---|
|
| ||
| Heard of CPC | 1.48 (1.20, 1.82) | <0.001 |
| Personal views on abortion | 0.006 | |
| Abortion is morally acceptable and should be legal | Reference | |
| Personally against abortion, but the government should not prevent a woman from making that decision | 1.16 (0.91, 1.48) | 0.221 |
| Abortion is morally wrong and should be illegal | 1.58 (1.19, 2.10) | 0.002 |
| Health literacy score | <0.001 | |
| Adequate literacy | Reference | |
| Possibly limited literacy | 0.81 (0.59, 1.13) | 0.219 |
| High likelihood of limited literacy | 0.39 (0.25, 0.59) | <0.001 |
| Abortion myths score | <0.001 | |
| ≤ 25th percentile | Reference | |
| 26th - 75th percentiles | 1.22 (0.99, 1.52) | 0.066 |
| > 75th percentile | 2.43 (1.78, 3.32) | <0.001 |
Health literacy scale from the Newest Vital Sign (The Newest Vital Sign | Pfizer: One of the World’s Premier Biopharmaceutical Companies, n.d.). Abortion myth score based on five questions asking whether participants thought a common abortion myth or a fact was closer to the truth.