Research Article

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Teenage Pregnancy, Northeast Ethiopia, 2017: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis showing factors associated with teenage pregnancy in Wogedi, northeast Ethiopia, 2017.

Variable Teenage pregnancyCrude OR (95 CI)Adjusted OR (95 CI)
Yes No

Age (Mean =17.33 years with SD=1.47)1473672.60 (2.12,3.20)2.10 (1.55,2.88)
Marital status
 Married1119430.7 (14.9, 41.0)2.16 (0.59, 4.80)
 Divorced243916 .0 (6.9, 36.1)1.38 (0.37, 5.00)
 Widowed30--
 Single923411
Educational level
 College230.5 (0.08, 3.13)3.00 (0.28, 6.1)
 Secondary4970.03 (0.01, 0.09)0.87 (0.42, 1.78)
 Primary892280.29 (0.18, 0.47)0.41 (0.10, 1.67)
 Unable to read and write523911
Occupation
 Farmer918230.00 (14.5,62.3)3.93 (1.20,12.83)
 House wife281169.01 (26.3,80.0)4.23 (0.94,19.01)
 Merchant12654.22 (16.5,77.0)4.26 (0.75, 6.13)
 Daily laborer7247.91 (2.73, 23.1)1.42 (0.31, 6.57)
 Student924411
Live with
 Alone11516.62 (5.43, 20.04)3.24 (0.55, 8.83)
 Husband976710.91 (6.93,17.01)2.26 (0.81, 6.28)
 Parents3929511
Monthly income
 <1500811700.65 (0.25, 1.69)2.59 (0.69, 9.61)
 1501-7500581860.42 (0.16, 1.12)1.33 (0.36, 4.96)
 >750081111
Parent age
 30-49952650.7 (0.46, 1.04)0.96 (0.49, 1.86)
 >495210211
Parents’ marital status
 Divorced7292.2 (0.72, 6.90)1.98 (1.13, 3.93)
 Widowed14362.42 (0.91, 6.32)1.54 (0.12, 18.95)
 Married12630211
Contraceptive use
 No117647.6 (4.65, 12.67)10.62 (5.28, 21.36)
 Yes3012611

Significant at a p-value less than 0.05 and significant at a p-value less than 0.001; SD: Standard Deviation.