Research Article

Unintended Pregnancy and Its Correlates among Female Attendees of Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics in Eastern China

Table 1

Demographic characteristics for unintended pregnancy among female STD clinic attendees.

VariableTotal (%)aPregnancy (%)Crude OR (95% CI)b value

Age
 <30169 (54.0)70 (41.4)1
 ≥30144 (46.0)63 (43.8)1.10 (0.70–1.72)0.678
Income per month
 <2000207 (66.1)85 (41.1)1
 ≥200050 (16.0)31 (62.0)2.34 (1.24–4.42)0.009
Education
 Below high school228 (72.8)103 (45.2)1
 High school and above84 (26.8)29 (34.5)0.64 (0.38–1.08)0.092
Marriage
 Single44 (14.1)15 (34.1)1
 Cohabitation55 (17.6)25 (45.5)1.61 (0.71–3.65)0.254
 Married208 (66.5)90 (43.3)1.48 (0.75–2.91)0.264
Employment status
 Unemployed90 (28.8)29 (32.2)1
 Public28 (8.9)18 (64.3)3.79 (1.55–9.23)0.003
 Retired23 (7.3)12 (52.2)2.30 (0.91–5.82)0.080
 Others169 (54.0)73 (43.2)1.60 (0.94–2.74)0.086

Percentages may not add up to 100 due to missing data; bOR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.