Prevalence and Predictors of Contraceptives Use among Women Aged (15–49 years) with Induced Abortion History in Ghana

Table 3

Univariate and multivariate logistic analyses of predictors of contraceptives use among women who ever had induced abortion (15–49 years).

Variable category	Univariate OR (95% CI), value	Multivariate aOR (95% CI), value
Sociodemographic
Age of respondents
15–19	1	1
20–24	1.01 (0.62–1.63), 0.979	0.97 (0.60–1.57), 0.903
25–29	0.84 (0.52–1.35), 0.467	0.76 (0.46–1.25), 0.279
30–34	0.61 (0.38–0.98), 0.043	0.50 (0.30–0.85), 0.010
35–39	0.51 (0.31–0.83), 0.008	0.35 (0.20–0.62), 0.000
40–44	0.37 (0.22–0.616), 0.000	0.25 (0.14–0.45), 0.000
45–49	0.30 (0.18–0.48), 0.000	0.22 (0.12–0.41), 0.000
Age at first intercourse
<16	1
16 or above	0.94 (0.77–1.14), 0.519
Union
No	1	1
Yes	1.32 (1.09–1.59), 0.004	1.45 (1.20–1.75), 0.000
Religious affiliation
Christianity	1
Islam	1.02 (0.69–1.52), 0.906
Traditional	1.734 (0.40–7.56), 0.463
Others	1.17 (0.54–2.53), 0.693
Region
Central	1	1
Western	1.75 (1.12–2.75), 0.015	1.58 (1.00–2.49), 0.049
Ashanti	1.820 (1.21–2.74), 0.004	1.87 (1.25–2.80), 0.002
Northern	2.20 (1.19–4.08), 0.012	1.98 (1.05–3.72), 0.034
Brong ahafo	2.06 (1.28–3.31), 0.003	2.07 (1.31–3.26), 0.002
Upper West	1.06 (0.53–2.13), 0.876	0.92 (0.44–1.90), 0.819
Upper East	1.61 (0.80–3.27), 0.184	1.50 (0.72–3.13), 0.284
Greater accra	1.12 (0.72–1.73), 0.612	1.37 (0.87–2.15), 0.175
Volta	1.52 (0.93–2.48), 0.093	1.60 (0.97–2.62), 0.175
Eastern	2.27 (1.47–3.49), 0.000	2.32 (1.50–3.60), 0.000
Socioeconomic characteristics
Educational level
Primary	1	1
JHS	1.03 (0.80–1.54), 0.821	0.87 (0.66–1.14), 0.322
SHS or above	0.74 (0.55–0.99), 0.043	0.79 (0.56–1.11), 0.173
No education	1.11 (0.80–1.54), 0.542	1.04 (0.73–1.48), 0.831
Place of residence
Urban	1	1
Rural	1.55 (1.26–1.90), 0.000	1.31 (1.04–1.65), 0.022
Registered with health insurance
Yes	1
No	0.84 (0.68–1.03), 0.086
Abortion-related characteristics
Gravidae	1	1
1–3	1	1
4–5	0.68 (0.55–0.84), 0.000	0.95 (0.75–1.23), 0.733
6 or more	0.92 (0.75–1.14), 0.454	1.74 (1.35–2.23), 0.000
Knowledge of the fertile period
No	1	1
Yes	1.63 (1.08–2.46), 0.020	1.84 (1.30–2.60), 0.001

OR, odds ratio. aOR, adjusted odds ratio. CI, confidence interval. Goodness of fittest. F-adjusted test statistic = F (9,680) = 0.84. Prob > F = 0.5748.