Birth Intervals and Associated Factors among Women Attending Young Child Clinic in Yumbe Hospital, Uganda

Table 5

Predictors of short birth intervals among study respondents.

Variable	Number (and %) of women with the birth interval		Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value
	<24 months; (52.36)	≥24 months; (47.64)
Age
35-44	6 (21.4)	22 (78.6)	1.0		1.0
25-34	81 (51.9)	75 (48.1)	3.96 (1.52-10.30)	0.005	3.39 (1.18-9.74)	0.024
15-24	68 (60.7)	44 (39.3)	5.67 (2.13-15.09)	0.001	4.39 (1.49-12.93)	0.007
Sex of second last born child
Female	68 (46.3)	79 (53.7)	1		1
Male	87 (58.4)	62 (41.6)	0.54 (0.32–0.93)	0.027	0.61 (0.35–1.05)	0.077
Pregnancy wanted
No	115 (68.0)	54 (32.0)	1.0		1.0
Yes	40 (31.5)	87 (68.5)	0.22 (0.13-0.35)	<0.001	0.33 (0.18-0.58)	<0.001
Decide together with husband when to have child
Never	54 (36.7)	28 (21.2)	1.0		1.0
Sometimes	53 (36.1)	34 (24.8)	4.43 (2.16–9.07)	<0.001	2.84 (1.32–6.11)	<0.008
Always	40 (27.2)	74 (54.0)	3.75 (1.88–7.47)	<0.001	3.10 (1.53–6.28)	0.002
Contraceptive use before next pregnancy
Never	86 (62.3)	52 (37.7)	1.0		1.0
Sometimes	57 (53.3)	50 (46.7)	0.69 (0.41-1.15)	0.155	0.59 (0.32-1.08)	0.085
Always	12 (23.5)	39 (76.5)	0.19 (0.09-0.39)	<0.001	0.28 (0.12-0.64)	0.003
Influence of husband on when to the next baby
No	86 (58.1)	62 (41.9)	1.0		1.0
Yes	60 (46.1)	74 (53.9)	2.68 (1.51–4.76)	0.001	2.59 (1.44–4.64)	0.001