Unmet Need for Contraception among HIV-Positive Women Attending HIV Care and Treatment Service at Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 3

Association of variables with unmet need for contraception, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2016.


Characteristics	Unmet Need		Crude OR	Adjusted OR
Characteristics	Yes	No	(95% CI)	(95% CI)

Age (Years)
15-24	24	8	3.62 (1.38-9.52)	2.25 (0.49-10.4)
25-34	36	75	0.58 (0.3-1.13)	0.29 (0.10-0.80)
35-44	24	29	1.00	1.00
Current Marital Status
Currently Married	40	75	1.00	1.00
Unmarried but living with a man	44	37	2.23 (1.24-3.99	3.40 (1.34-8.55
Educational Level
No education	10	23	0.39 (0.14-1.04)	0.30 (0.07-1.37)
Primary	15	29	0.46 (0.18-1.14)	0.44 (0.11-1.72)
Secondary	23	33	0.62 (0.27-1.45)	0.85 (0.24-2.95)
Technical/Vocational	17	10	1.52 (0.54-4.21)	1.93 (0.4-9.21)
Higher	19	17	1.00	1.00
Started ART
Yes	68	99	1.00	1.00
No	16	13	1.79 (0.81-3.96)	0.40 (0.09-1.77)
HIV care provider talked about desire for children
Yes	50	80	1.00	1.00
No	24	17	2.26 (1.10-4.61	1.22 (0.35-4.28)
I don’t remember	10	15	1.06 (0.44-2.55)	0.60 (0.10-3.40)
HIV care provider talked about contraception
Yes	39	80	1.00	1.00
No	27	18	3.08 (1.51-6.25	4.73 (1.36-16.4
I don’t remember	18	14	2.63 (1.18-5.84	3.63 (1.08-12.2
Decision to use or not to use contraception
Mainly respondent	54	40	1.00	1.00
Mainly husband/partner	8	4	1.48 (0.41-5.26)	0.94 (0.17-5.18)
Joint decision	22	68	0.24 (0.12-0.45	0.26 (0.10-0.64
Partner HIV status
Positive	54	59	1.00	1.00
Negative	5	28	0.19 (0.07-0.54	0.18 (0.06-0.66
I don’t know/ don’t want to tell	7	5	1.53 (0.46-5.10)	1.73 (0.39-7.72)

Statistically significant, p<0.05.