Table 2 Logistic regression of correlates of female adolescents’ contraceptive use
From: Prevalence and correlates of contraceptive use among female adolescents in Ghana
Variables | Odds ratio | P-value | 95Â % conf. interval |
|---|---|---|---|
Age of adolescent | |||
 15–17 (Ref) | 1 |  |  |
 18–19 | 3.49*** | 0.000 | 2.32–4.15 |
Level of education | |||
 No education (Ref) | 1 |  |  |
 Primary | 7.39** | 0.003 | 1.88–2.72 |
 Secondary/higher | 11.53*** | 0.000 | 2.84–3.13 |
Religious affiliation | |||
 Catholic (Ref) | 1 |  |  |
 Other Christians | 2.65 | 0.674 | 0.62–2.06 |
 Muslim | 1.14 | 0.064 | 1.21–3.78 |
 Traditional/spiritual | 1.05 | 0.942 | 0.32–3.36 |
Ethnicity | |||
 Akan (Ref) | 1 |  |  |
 Ga/Dangme | 1.49 | 0.303 | 0.69–3.21 |
 Ewe | 1.48 | 0.258 | 0.75–2.97 |
 Mole-Dagbani | 0.79 | 0.509 | 0.38–1.59 |
Marital status | |||
 Not married (Ref) | 1 |  |  |
 Married/Living together | 4.75*** | 0.000 | 2.48–4.86 |
Work status | |||
 Not working (Ref) | 1 |  |  |
 Working | 2.99*** | 0.000 | 2.01–4.51 |
Wealth status | |||
 Poor | 1 |  |  |
 Average | 1.37 | 0.274 | 0.77–2.41 |
 Rich | 1.65 | 0.172 | 0.35–1.20 |
Knowledge of ovulation cycle | |||
 No | 1 |  |  |
 Yes | 2.89*** | 0.000 | 1.57–3.05 |
Visited health facility | |||
 No (Ref) | 1 |  |  |
 Yes | 1.96*** | 0.001 | 1.31–2.92 |
Place of residence | |||
 Rural (Ref) | 1 |  |  |
 Urban | 1.39 | 0.204 | 0.83–2.32 |
Region of residence | |||
 Western | 1 |  |  |
 Central | 1.57 | 0.319 | 0.64–3.81 |
 Greater Accra | 1.22 | 0.630 | 0.54–2.78 |
 Volta | 0.47 | 0.149 | 0.17–1.31 |
 Eastern | 2.54 | 0.060 | 1.15–3.58 |
 Ashanti | 1.10 | 0.808 | 0.51–2.34 |
 Brong Ahafo | 1.18 | 0.722 | 0.47–2.93 |
 Northern | 0.13 | 0.062 | 0.04–1.45 |
 Upper East | 0.46 | 0.228 | 0.13–1.61 |
 Upper West | 0.76 | 0.608 | 0.27–2.16 |