Table 3.
Linear regression models of participants’ knowledge of the amended Thai abortion act
| Demographics | Knowledge score ranging from 0 to 10 points | Model Ic | Model IIc | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Mean difference (95% CIa) | p-value | Adjusted mean difference (95% CIa) | p-value | Adjusted mean difference (95% CIa) | p-value | |
| Age group | < 0.01* | < 0.01* | |||||
| 20–29 years | 7.19 | Reference | |||||
| 30–39 years | −1.70 (−2.58,-0.82) | < 0.01 | −1.62 (−2.47,-0.77) | < 0.01 | |||
| 40–49 years | −1.88 (−2.77,-0.98) | < 0.01 | −1.70 (−2.57,-0.83) | < 0.01 | |||
| more than 50 years | −1.94 (−3.02,-0.87) | < 0.01 | −1.72 (− 2.77,-0.68) | < 0.01 | |||
| Gender | 0.75* | ||||||
| Female/ Trans women | 5.53 | Reference | |||||
| Othersb | −0.17 (− 1.17,0.84) | 0.75 | |||||
| Marital status | 0.14* | ||||||
| Single | 5.81 | Reference | |||||
| Married or cohabitation | −0.46 (−0.97,0.06) | 0.08 | |||||
| Divorced/Widow | 0.03 (−0.79,0.84) | 0.95 | |||||
| Having Child/Children (%) | 0.08* | ||||||
| No | 5.79 | Reference | |||||
| Yes | −0.41 (− 0.87,0.05) | 0.08 | |||||
| Religion | 0.63* | ||||||
| Buddhist | 5.59 | Reference | |||||
| Muslim | −0.11 (−0.56,0.34) | 0.63 | |||||
| No. of years in practicing as a nurse – years | 6.04 | −0.03 (− 0.06,-0.01) | 0.02* | −0.03 (− 0.06,0.00) | 0.03 | ||
| Department | < 0.01* | * < 0.01 | |||||
| OB-GYN | 5.21 | 1.24 (0.76,1.17) | < 0.01 | 1.17 (0.70,1.64) | < 0.01 | 1.20 (0.72,1.67) | < 0.01 |
| Others | Reference | ||||||
| Not defined | −0.90 (−2.07,-0.27) | 0.13 | −0.93 (−2.08,0.23) | 0.12 | − 0.92 (−2.08,0.24) | 0.12 | |
| Experience in taking care of unintended pregnancy or abortions | 0.10* | ||||||
| Yes | 0.37 (−0.08,0.82) | ||||||
| No | 5.38 | Reference | < 0.10 | ||||
aCI confidence interval
b Others included sex other than female/transgender women
c Model I: age group and department, Model II: number of years practicing as nurses and department
* P model