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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 7.
Published in final edited form as: Women Health. 2020 Apr 6;60(7):806–820. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2020.1746951

Table 2.

Multivariable ordinal logistic regression models of abortion attitudes in the case of fetal anomaly and in the case of poverty from 2007 to 2016.

Fetal Anomaly (N = 20,711) F = 18.38, p < .001 Poverty (N = 20,711) F = 17.71, p < .001


OR p SE OR p SE

Year 0.97 .001 0.01 1.03 .003 0.01
Religiosity (Reference: Less than several times a year)
 Several Times a Year 0.89 .137 0.07 0.91 .314 0.08
 1–3 Times per Month 0.97 .695 0.07 0.95 .555 0.08
 Once a Week or More 0.85 .015 0.06 0.83 .018 0.06
Premarital Sex Attitudes (Reference: Always Wrong)
 Almost Always Wrong 2.13 <.001 0.14 2.65 <.001 0.21
 Wrong Only Sometimes 2.61 <.001 0.15 2.65 <.001 0.19
 Not Wrong At All 2.64 <.001 0.16 2.47 <.001 0.17
Preferential Hiring and Promotion for Women Attitudes (Referenc e: Disagree/Strongly Disagree)
 Neutral 1.01 .856 0.07 1.28 .006 0.12
 Agree/Strongly Agree 1.04 .533 0.07 1.15 .075 0.09
 Female 1.07 .122 0.04 1.02 .722 0.05
Race/Ethnicity (Reference: African)
 Colored 1.10 .185 0.08 0.82 .025 0.07
 Indian 1.43 <.001 0.14 1.29 .022 0.14
 White 1.76 <.001 0.14 0.92 .4 0.09
Education (Reference: Primary or Less)
 Some Secondary 1.26 <.001 0.08 1.24 .004 0.09
 Completed Secondary 1.31 <.001 0.09 1.45 <.001 0.12
 Some Tertiary 1.72 <.001 0.15 1.70 <.001 0.18
Household Monthly Income
 1501–7500 Rand 1.08 .136 0.06 1.06 .364 0.07
 More than 7500 Rand 1.02 .835 0.08 0.96 .674 0.09
 Missing/Refused 0.94 .327 0.06 0.84 .036 0.07
Age 1.00 .366 0.002 1.00 .347 0.002
Urbanicity (Reference: Urban-Formal)
 Urban-Informal 0.84 .075 0.08 1.04 .692 0.11
 Rural 0.94 .305 0.06 1.04 .572 0.07
Religious Denomination (Reference: Not Religious)
 Protestant 1.10 .199 0.08 1.03 .739 0.09
 Catholic 1.13 .247 0.12 1.07 .625 0.14
 Other 1.13 .197 0.11 1.01 .916 0.11
Political Identity (Reference: Conservative)
 Moderate 0.82 .007 0.06 0.84 .053 0.07
 Liberal 1.00 .995 0.07 1.05 .598 0.09
 Don’t Know 1.00 .999 0.07 1.00 .958 0.09
Marital Status (Reference: Married)
 Widowed/Widower 0.93 .391 0.08 0.87 .178 0.09
 Divorced/Separated 0.94 .451 0.08 1.17 .137 0.12
 Never Married 0.93 .162 0.05 1.01 .895 0.06
Income Differences are Too Large (Reference: Disagree/Strongly Disagree)
 Neutral 0.59 <.001 0.07 1.06 .677 0.15
 Agree/Strongly Agree 0.71 <.001 0.06 0.70 .001 0.08
 Missing 0.55 .002 0.10 0.43 <.001 0.10

Models also control for province of residence; significantly higher and lower odds italicized and bolded.