Research Article

Unintended Pregnancy in Ethiopia: Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Logistic regression analysis on factors associated with unintended pregnancy ().

VariablesStatus of current pregnancyCOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI) value
IntendedUnintended

Age
 25–34383 (82.4%)82 (17.6%)1
2469 (61.6%)43 (38.4%)2.91 (1.86, 4.56)1.15 (0.56, 2.36)0.71
3576 (67.3%)37 (32.7%)2.27 (1.44, 3.60)1.83 (1.00, 3.30)0.04

Marital status
 Currently married442 (84.5%)81 (15.5%)1
 Formerly married39 (51.3%)37 (48.7%)5.18 (3.12, 8.61)8.42 (4.07, 17.39)<0.01
 Never married47 (51.6%)44 (48.4%)5.11 (3.18, 8.21)9.21 (4.27, 19.86)<0.01

Education status
 Tertiary235 (81.0%)55 (19.0%)1
 Secondary161 (77.4%)47 (22.6%)1.25 (0.81, 1.93)1.2 (0.71, 2.02)0.50
 Primary80 (70.8%)33 (29.2%)1.76 (1.07, 2.91)1.21 (0.62, 2.35)0.59
 No education52 (65.8%)27 (34.2%)2.22 (1.28, 3.85)0.97 (0.42, 2.23)0.95

Income in United States dollar
68.66348 (76.3%)108 (23.7%)1
 45.79–68.62103 (82.4%)22 (17.6%)0.69 (0.41, 1.14)0.75 (0.40, 1.41)0.37
 22.92–45.7562 (81.6%)14 (18.4%)0.73 (0.39, 1.35)1.00 (0.47, 2.15)1.00
22.8715 (45.5%)18 (54.5%)3.87 (1.89, 7.93)1.74 (0.70, 4.33)0.23

Time to walk to the nearest health facility
 <40 minutes436 (79.7%)111 (20.3%)1
 40–79 minutes59 (77.6%)17 (22.4%)1.13 (0.64, 2.02)1.08 (0.49, 2.35)0.86
 >80 minutes33 (49.3%)34 (50.7%)4.05 (2.40, 6.82)3.56 (1.69, 7.53)<0.01

Gravidity
 1-2221 (78.4%)61 (21.6%)1
 3-4264 (83.0%)54 (17.0%)0.74 (0.49, 1.11)1.35 (0.66, 2.76)0.41
543 (47.8%)47 (52.2%)3.96 (2.40, 6.54)3.88 (1.41, 10.69) 0.01

Parity
 090 (67.2%)44 (32.8%)1
 1-2346 (87.8%)48 (12.2%)0.28 (0.18, 0.45)0.43 (0.21, 0.87) 0.02
 3-482 (61.7%)51 (38.3%)1.27 (0.77, 2.10)1.08 (0.41, 2.82)0.88
510 (34.5%)19 (65.5%)3.89 (1.67, 9.06)1.80 (0.44, 7.36)0.41

Partner desire for child
 Agree211 (92.1%)18 (7.9%)1
 Do not know150 (87.7%)21 (12.3%)1.64 (0.85, 3.19)0.66 (0.30, 1.46)0.30
 Disagree81 (65.9%)42 (34.1%)6.08 (3.31, 11.17)4.09 (2.07, 8.08)<0.01

Ever use of FP
 Yes363 (81.2%)84 (18.8%)1
 No165 (67.9%)78 (32.1%)2.04 (1.43, 2.93)1.53 (0.97, 2.41)0.07