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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 18.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2021 Aug 5;45:547–576. doi: 10.4054/demres.2021.45.17

Table 4:

Firth logistic regression model results of fair or poor self-rated health associated with having an unintended birth that was met with a positive or negative reaction using two comparison groups

Comparison Group A: Intended Birth Comparison Group B: No Birth as Intended
Model A3 A4 B3 B4
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Unintended birth
 Positive reaction 0.662 (0.233, 1.877) 0.821 (0.281, 2.400) 0.953 (0.360, 2.522) 0.786 (0.284, 2.173)
 Negative reaction 1.852 (0.858, 3.998) 2.503 (1.045, 5.996) 2.675 (1.366, 5.239) 2.141 (1.060, 4.326)
Baseline controls
 Fair or poor self-rated health 3.630 (1.038, 12.703) 2.211 (0.567, 8.613) 3.179 (0.946, 10.684) 2.108 (0.587, 7.573)
 Age 1.055 (0.883, 1.260) 1.066 (0.894, 1.271)
 Marital status (ref: married)
  Formerly married 2.820 (1.166, 6.824) 3.135 (1.359, 7.232)
  Never married 0.450 (0.111, 1.831) 0.897 (0.229, 3.506)
 Years of education 0.958 (0.826, 1.112) 0.983 (0.851, 1.135)
 Enrolled in school 0.908 (0.214, 3.856) 1.303 (0.388, 4.372)
 High SES 0.223 (0.043, 1.273) 0.576 (0.227, 1.460)
 Parity 0.685 (0.388, 1.209) 1.069 (0.617, 1.851)
N 476 476 713 713