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Table 5 Factors associated with knowledge of reproductive age women towards Ethiopian current abortion law in Bahir Dar city, northwest Ethiopia, 2017

From: Knowledge and attitude of reproductive age group (15–49) women towards Ethiopian current abortion law and associated factors in Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia

Variable

Category

Knowledge of current Ethiopian abortion law

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Good

Poor

n (%)

n (%)

Women’s Occupation

House wife

32 (29.4)

77 (70.6)

1.00

1.00

Private employee

24 (30.8)

54 (69.2)

1.06 (0.56,2.01)

 

Government employee

54 (55.1)

44 (44.9)

2.95 (1.66,5.23) ***

 

Student

57 (56.4)

44 (43.6)

3.11 (1.76,5.51) ***

 

Women’s education

Unable to read and write

20 (65.7)

40 (34.3)

1.00

1.00

Primary

44 (45.6)

94 (54.4)

0.93 (0.49,1.78)

 

Secondary

59 (32.8)

62 (67.8)

1.90 (0.99, 3.62)¥

 

College and above

44 (39)

23 (61)

3.82 (1.83,7.99) ***

 

Women’s age

<  24 years

80 (44)

102 (56)

0.94 (0.551,1.60)

1.46 (0.57,3.73)

25–29 years

40 (50)

40 (50)

1.20 (0.641,2.24)

2.65 (1.02,6.89) *

30–34 years

12 (25.5)

35 (74.5)

0.41 (0.186,0.91)¥

0.68 (0.24,1.90)

>  35 years

35 (45.5)

42 (54.5)

1.00

1.00

Partner’s education

Unable to read and write

14 (78.3)

48 (21.7)

1.00

1.00

Primary

24 (65.9)

26 (34.1)

3.16 (1.40,7.14)¥

2.91 (1.19,7.08) *

Secondary

27 (48)

14 (52)

6.61 (2.74, 15.91) ***

5.48 (2.09,14.39) **

College and above

18 (22.6)

5 (77.4)

12.34 (3.88,39.21) ***

8.15 (2.32,28.55) **

  1. Significant at ¥p-value < 0.2; * p-value < 0.05, ** p-value < 0.01, *** p-value < 0.001