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. 2022 Jun 13;19(Suppl 1):57. doi: 10.1186/s12978-021-01267-9

Table 3.

Multivariable associations with the belief that contraceptive use will cause infertility in married Ethiopian women who are not using contraception, from logistic regression equations

Ethiopian Women ages 15–49 years (N = 700)
Individual 95% CI Interpersonal 95% CI
Age 0.98 [0.94–1.01] 0.97 [0.93–1.01]
Education 1.00 [0.85–1.18] 1.08 [0.89–1.30]
Religion 1.11 [0.96–1.30] 1.19 [1.00–1.43]
Number of pregnancies 1.03 [0.93–1.14] 1.04 [0.92–1.18]
Self-efficacy contraceptive use 0.74*** [0.63–0.87] 0.81* [0.68–0.98]
Health worker home visit in last 12 months and spoke about CU 1.01 [0.84–1.22]
Health facility visit in the last 12 months and spoke about CU 0.78* [0.65–0.95]
Husband supports contraceptive use 0.77** [0.65–0.93]
Husband will leave if infertile 3.06*** [2.52–3.72]
(Pseudo r-squared) (0.02**) (0.20***)

Odds ratios are from logistic regression equations, when all main-effects have been entered. CU contraceptive use. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001