Research Article

Factors Associated with the Unplanned Pregnancy at Suhul General Hospital, Northern Ethiopia, 2018

Table 4

Factors associated with unplanned pregnancy among women attending ANC at the Shire, Suhul General Hospital, Tigray regional state, Ethiopia, 2018 ().

VariablesCategoryUnplanned pregnancy frequency (percentage)COR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)
YesNo

Age15-1910 (2.64)25 (6.6)11
20-2416 (4.22)76 (20.05)1.90 (0.76, 4.72)2.56 (0.88, 7.48)
25-2915 (3.95)59 (15.6)1.57 (0.62, 3.98)1.71 (0.6, 4.89)
30-3410 (2.64)76 (20.05)3.04 (1.13, 8.15)3.05 (1.03, 9.02)
35-3920 (5.3)27 (7.1)0.54 (0.21, 1.37)0.906 (0.29, 2.74)
≥407 (1.85)38 (10)2.17 (1.02, 6.45)4.17 (1.18, 14.6)

Marital statusMarried8 (2.1)9 (2.4)11
Widowed9 (2.4)19 (5)1.87 (0.543, 6.48)1.97 (0.48, 8.04)
Unmarried42 (11.1)260 (68.6)5.503 (2.011, 15.057)4.73 (1.56, 14.33)
Divorced19 (5)13 (3.4)0.608 (0.186, 1.990)0.58 (0.15, 2.14)

OccupationCivil servant9 (2.4)10 (2.6)11
Housewife22 (5.8)95 (25)3.886 (1.41, 10.702)5.4 (1.68, 17.34)
Unemployed14 (3.7)111 (29.3)7.136 (2.476, 20.561)6.79 (2.05, 22.46)
Private business24 (6.3)65 (17.2)2.438 (0.883, 6.72)2.87 (0.88, 9.33)
Farmer9 (2.4)20 (5.3)2.0 (0.605, 6.612)3.13 (0.74, 13.19)

History of unplanned pregnancyYes26 (6.9)41 (10.8)11
No52 (13.7)260 (68.6)3.17 (1.78, 5.63)3.26 (1.65, 6.44)

value < 0.05, COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.