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Table 3 The association between pregnancy intention and postpartum contraceptive method use, overall and stratified by self-reported HIV status, among women with a recent birth in Zimbabwe, 2014f

From: Unintended pregnancy and subsequent postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptive use in Zimbabwe

Pregnancy intention

LARCa Use

(referent: no method/ natural method)

Modern Method Useb

(referent: no method/ natural method)

No method/natural method (referent)

N

%c

Crude ORd (95% CId)

Adje OR (95% CI)

N

%

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adj. OR (95% CI)

N

%

Overall

 Unintended

508

15.8

1.36

(1.10, 1.69)

1.41

(1.18, 1.68)

2120

66.0

0.63

(0.53, 0.74)

0.80

(0.70, 0.90)

587

18.3

 Intended (Referent)

604

8.6

5454

77.8

950

13.6

HIV positive

 Unintended

102

22.8

2.57

(1.64, 4.02)

3.12

(1.96, 4.97)

290

64.7

1.09

(0.72, 1.65)

1.52

(1.01, 2.30)

56

12.6

 Intended (Referent)

60

11.0

400

73.4

85

15.6

HIV negative

 Unintended

406

14.7

1.19

(0.96, 1.49)

1.30

(1.08, 1.58)

1831

66.2

0.58

(0.49, 0.69)

0.75

(0.65, 0.88)

531

19.2

 Intended (Referent)

544

8.4

5055

78.2

865

13.4

  1. aLong Acting Reversible Contraception(LARC) includes intrauterine device (IUD) and the implant
  2. bModern methods include the pill, injectables, condoms and diaphragm
  3. cPercent by stratum (overall, HIV positive, HIV negative respectively)
  4. dOR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  5. eAdjusted for ethnicity, age, asset quartile, marital status, parity, HIV status, education, number of ANC visits and pre-pregnancy contraceptive use
  6. fInteraction terms for both levels of the multinomial (LARC and other modern method use) were significant at the <.01 level