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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 6 Logistic regression results of induced abortion by socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of women

From: Abortions followed by contraceptive failures in Northern India: an analysis of contraceptive histories (2009–2014)

Characteristics

Sample size (n = 286)

Odds ratio

Confidence interval (95%)

LL

UL

Method of contraception

 Traditional ®

113

1

  

 Condom

137

2.16*

1.26

3.69

 Other modern reversible methods

36

2.15

0.95

4.86

No. of living children

 0–1 ®

164

1

  

 2–3

90

1.81*

1.09

2.76

 4 & 4+

32

2.91*

2.19

3.86

Desire of children

 Greater than desire ®

48

1

  

 Equal to desire

73

0.49*

0.25

0.99

 Lower than desire

165

0.05*

0.03

0.12

Age at the end of episode

 < 25 ®

101

1

  

 25–34

144

2.09*

1.31

3.34

 35–49

41

1.56

0.79

3.08

Mother’s education

 No education ®

102

1

  

 Primary

34

1.29

0.64

2.57

 Secondary

108

1.16

0.71

1.89

 Higher than secondary

42

1.73

0.91

3.31

Caste

 SC/ST ®

56

1

  

 OBC

151

0.64

0.36

1.11

 General

79

0.94

0.5

1.76

Religion

 Non-Muslim ®

178

1

  

 Muslim

108

0.51*

0.27

0.95

Wealth index

 Poorest ®

77

1

  

 Poorer

64

1.79

0.98

3.3

 Middle

61

2.34*

1.27

4.3

 Richer

46

2.06*

1.04

4.1

 Richest

38

1.49

0.73

3.08

Residence

 Non-slum ®

139

1

  

 Slum

147

1.019

0.67

1.55

Migration

 Same city/different house ®

163

1

  

 Intra-state (city)

58

1.17

0.69

1.99

 Intra-state (village)

53

0.76

0.43

1.33

 Inter-state (city/village)

12

1.12

0.21

5.92

Constant

286

0.36*

0.24

0.55

n

286

 LR χ2

157.14

 Log likelihood

− 107.08

p > χ2

0.000

 Pseudo R2

42.32

  1. ® is reference category; *represents the significance at the 5% level, The analysis is controlled for region of residence (districts under study), LL-Lower Limit, UL-Upper Limit.