Table 2 Relative risk ratios from multinomial logistic regression analysis examining variations in type of abortion methods used by women
Variable | Surgical | Non-medical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RRR | 95%CI | RRR | 95%CI | |||
Age | ||||||
16–19 | 0.1*** | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 10.6 |
20–24 | 0.1*** | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
25–29 | 0.1*** | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2*** | 0.1 | 0.6 |
30–34 | 0.2*** | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4** | 0.1 | 0.9 |
35–39 | 0.3*** | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3** | 0.1 | 0.8 |
40–44 | (ref) | |||||
Woman’s marital status | ||||||
Currently in union | (ref) | |||||
Never in union | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
Formerly in union | 1.7* | 0.9 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 4.5 |
Level of education | ||||||
No formal education | (ref) | |||||
Primary | 1.3 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
Middle/junior high school | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 0.4** | 0.2 | 0.9 |
Secondary | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.4* | 0.2 | 1.0 |
Higher | 1.7 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 3.0 |
Religion | ||||||
Pentecostal | (ref) | |||||
Catholic | 1.3 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 6.8 |
Anglican/Methodist/Presbyterian | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
Other Christians | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
Moslem | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
Others/No religion | 0.3** | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
Ga/Dangme | (ref) | |||||
Akan | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
Ewe | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.8 |
Other Ghanaian | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 3.4 |
Non Ghanaian | 1.3 | 0.2 | 7.1 | 6.9* | 0.8 | 62.2 |
Wealth Index | ||||||
Poorest | (ref) | |||||
Poorer | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
Middle | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.4** | 0.2 | 1.0 |
Richer | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.4* | 0.2 | 1.1 |
Richest | 1.7 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
Knowledge of abortion law | ||||||
Incorrect Knowledge | (ref) | |||||
Correct knowledge | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
Year since last induced abortion | ||||||
< = 3 | 0.4*** | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3*** | 0.2 | 0.6 |
> 3 | (ref) | |||||
Number of observations = 1018 | ||||||
LR chi2(52) = 228.2 | ||||||
Prob > chi2 = 0.00 | ||||||
Pseudo R2 = 0.1 | ||||||