Unintended Pregnancy among Pregnant Women in Ghana: Prevalence and Predictors

Table 2

Logit regression analysis of unintended pregnancy among pregnant women.

Variables	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Age of woman	OR [CI]	OR [CI]	OR [CI]
15-19 (Ref)	1
20-29	3.42[1.27, 9.22]	3.62[1.56, 8.34]	1.02[0.68, 1.51 ]
30-39	5.81[2.04,16.55]	6.59 [2.59, 16.73]	1.05[0.67, 1.63]
40-49	4.58[1.21, 15.96]	4.85[1.48, 15.84]	1.04[0.59, 1.81]
Level of education
No education (Ref)	1
Primary	0.44[0.20, 0.94]	0.51[0.25, 0.98]	0.95[0.73, 1.35]
Secondary/higher	0.50[0.25, 0.99]	0.50[0.26, 1.01]	0.76[0.73, 1.29]
Religious affiliation
Christianity (Ref)	1
Islam	1.47[0.72, 2.97]	1.46[0.74, 2.89]	0.96[0.69, 1.35]
Traditional/	0.52[0.14, 1.91]	0.33[0.06, 1.67]	1.06[0.61, 1.82]
Spiritual
Other	1.16[0.28, 4.77]	1.14[0.30, 4.31]	0.97[0.52, 1.78]
Ethnicity
Akan (Ref)	1
Ga/Dangme	1.07[0.41, 2.77]	1.44[0.49, 4.18]	1.04[0.60, 1.79]
Ewe	0.42[0.25, 0.73]	0.68[0.32, 1.47]	0.94[0.64, 1.36]
Mole-Dagbani	1.64[0.80, 3.36]	0.77[0.33, 1.79]	0.98[0.67, 1.45]
Other	2.29[1.50, 7.24]	1.11[0.53, 2.31]	0.98[0.68, 1.40]
Wealth status
Poor (Ref)	1	1
Middle	0.88[0.52, 1.51]	0.86[0.48, 1.55]	1.04[0.78, 1.32]
Rich	1.65[0.95, 2.84]	1.65[0.81, 3.37]	0.96[0.70, 1.33 ]
Marital status
Never married (Ref)	1
Married/Cohabiting	3.30[1.50, 7.24]	3.83[1.67, 8.75]	1.01[0.71, 1.43]
Widowed/divorced/Separated	2.18[0.50, 9.58]	1.69[0.33, 8.62]	0.98[0.46, 2.06]
Parity
0 (Ref)	1
1-3	0.64[0.31, 1.32]	0.56[0.26, 1.18]	0.98[0.74, 1.30]
4+	0.15[0.06, 0.35]	0.13[0.05, 0.32]	0.95[0.64, 1.39]
Work status
Working (Ref)	1
Not working	0.81[0.49, 1.34]	0.75[0.44, 1.28]	1.01[0.81, 1.25]
Ovulatory cycle knowledge
Yes	1
No	1.03[0.66, 1.59]	1.02[0.64, 1.61]	1.01[0.83, 1.22]
Type of residence
Urban (Ref)		1
Rural		0.63[0.35, 1.12]	0.97[0.75, 1.24]
Region of residence
Western		1
Central		0.30[0.10, 0.90]	0.95[0.60, 1.50]
Greater Accra		0.22[0.08, 0.61]	1.09[0.74, 1.61]
Volta		0.11[0.03, 0.31]	1.03[0.63, 1.69]
Eastern		0.22[0.10, 0.50]	0.97[0.68, 1.38]
Ashanti		0.21[0.09, 0.52]	0.99[0.7, 1.37]
Brong Ahafo		0.46[0.17, 1.19]	0.98[0.68, 1.42]
Northern		2.12[0.75, 5.98]	0.89[0.58, 1.37]
Upper East		1.63[0.45, 5.79]	0.84[0.47, 1.49]
Upper West		0.83[0.24, 2.81]	0.82[0.53, 1.26]
Unmet need for contraception
No unmet need (Ref)			1
Unmet need			7.13[1.57, 8.91]
Log Likelihood	-395.411	-367.130	-311.281
AIC	832.822	796.259	764. 463

Note: OR=odds ratios; CI= confidence intervals; Ref= reference category. p≤0.05; p≤0.01; p≤0.001.