Table 4.

Bivariate and multivariable analysis of determinants of induced abortion among women who received maternal health care services in public hospitals of Arba Minch and Wolayita Sodo town, southern Ethiopia, 2021

Variables	Cases	Controls	COR (95%CI)	AOR (95%CI)	P-value
Respondent age groups
15–19	31(30.1%)	20(6.47%)	1	1
20–24	22(21.36%)	74(23.95%)	0.19(0.09,0.40)	0.47(0.17,1.25)	0.13
25–29	28(27.18%)	140(45.31%)	0.12(0.06,0.25)	0.40(0.12,1.29)	0.13
≥ 30	22(21.36%)	75(24.27%)	0.18(0.90,0.39)	0.58(0.13,2.48)	0.47
Residence
Urban	76(73.79%)	175(43.37%)	2.15(1.3,3.5)	2.33(1.26,4.32)*	0.007
Rural	27(26.21%)	134(56.63%)	1	1
Educational status
No formal education	11(10.68%)	61(19.74%)	1	1
Primary	26(25.24%)	67(21.68%)	2.15(0.98,4.7)	1.44(0.53,3.93)	0.47
Secondary	43(41.75%)	90(29.13%)	2.6(1.26,5.54)	2.04(0.79,5.29)	0.14
Diploma and above	23(22.33%)	91(29.45%)	1.4(0.63,3.08)	1.32(0.48,3.66)	0.59
Average monthly income(USD)
< 50	62(60.19%)	130(42.07%)	2.03(1.13,3.64)	1.10(0.47,2.55)	0.82
50–100	22(21.36%)	98(31.72%)	0.96(0.48,1.89)	0.78(0.34,1.74)	0.55
≥ 101	19(18.45%)	81(26.21%)	1	1
Age at first sex
15–19	65(63.11%)	118(38.19%)	1	1
20–24	32(31.07%)	166(53.72%)	0.35(0.21,0.56)	0.51(0.27,0.97)*	0.04
25 ≥	6(5.83%)	25(8.09%)	0.43(0.17,1.11)	0.97(0.28,3.35)	0.95
More than one sexual partner
Yes	42(40.78%)	48(15.53%)	3.7(2.27,6.16)	5.47(2.98,10.03)*	< 0.001
No	61(59.22%)	261(84.47%)	1	1
Number of alive children
Zero	52(50.49%)	64(20.71%)	2.7(1.36,5.36)	1.20(0.36,3.96)	0.95
One	15(14.56%)	130(42.07%)	0.38(0.17,0.84)	0.32(0.10,0.99)*	0.04
Two	21(20.39%)	65(21.04%)	1.07(0.50,2.29)	1.18(0.46,2.99)	0.72
Three & above	15(14.56%)	50(16.18%)	1	1
Knowledge on contraceptive
Poor	13(12.62%)	4(1.29%)	1	1
Moderate	9(8.74%)	14(4.53%)	0.19(0.04,0.80)	0.35(0.06,1.85)	0.22
Good	81(78.64%)	291(94.17%)	0.08(0.02,0.26)	0.12(0.03,0.46)*	0.002

The bold font indicates statistical significant

*Significant at P-value < 0.05