From: Patterns and correlates of post-abortion complications in India
Predictor variables | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) |
---|---|---|
Characteristics | ||
Age | ||
15–24® | ||
25–34 | 0.85 (0.70, 1.03) | 0.85 (0.70, 1.04) |
35–49 | 0.93 (0.74, 1.16) | 0.91 (0.72, 1.15) |
Gestational age | ||
<=8 weeks® | ||
9–20 weeks | 1.66*** (1.41, 1.94) | 1.48*** (1.24, 1.75) |
>=20 weeks | 1.80** (1.16, 2.79) | 1.48 (0.93, 2.34) |
Method of abortion | ||
Medicine® | ||
MVA | 1.20 (0.96, 1.50) | 1.04 (0.82, 1.33) |
Other surgical | 1.33** (1.10, 1.60) | 1.11 (0.90, 1.38) |
Other/Don’t know | 0.98 (0.65, 1.46) | 0.83 (0.55, 1.26) |
Place of abortion | ||
Home/Other ® | ||
Public | 1.39** (1.13, 1.70) | 1.18 (0.88, 1.60) |
Private | 1.33** (1.10, 1.59) | 1.18 (0.89, 1.55) |
Person conducted abortion | ||
Doctor® | ||
Other health care providers | 1.07 (0.88, 1.29) | 1.05 (0.85, 1.30) |
Self | 0.77** (0.64, 0.92) | 1.04 (0.77, 1.39) |
Reasons for abortion | ||
Unintended pregnancy® | ||
Life-risk/medical reasons | 1.61*** (1.36, 1.90) | 1.37*** (1.13, 1.65) |
Sex-selective | 1.24 (0.93, 1.64) | 1.15 (0.86, 1.53) |
Years of schooling | ||
No schooling® | ||
< 10 | 0.82 (0.66, 1.01) | 0.86 (0.69, 1.08) |
>=10 | 0.84 (0.68, 1.04) | 0.90 (0.70, 1.15) |
Caste | ||
Non-SC/ST/OBC® | ||
SC/ST | 0.93 (0.77, 1.11) | 0.95 (0.78, 1.15) |
OBC | 0.82* (0.68, 0.99) | 0.85 (0.70, 1.03) |
Wealth quintile | ||
Poorest® | ||
Poorer | 1.07 (0.85, 1.36) | 1.10 (0.86, 1.41) |
Middle | 1.17 (0.92, 1.49) | 1.17 (0.90, 1.52) |
Richer | 1.00 (0.78, 1.28) | 0.97 (0.72, 1.29) |
Richest | 0.98 (0.76, 1.26) | 0.89 (0.64, 1.24) |
Place of residence | ||
Urban® | ||
Rural | 1.12 (0.95, 1.33) | 1.08 (0.89, 1.30) |
Region | ||
North® | ||
Central | 0.76* (0.60, 0.96) | 0.82 (0.64, 1.05) |
East | 0.77* (0.61, 0.98) | 0.81 (0.63, 1.06) |
North East | 0.66** (0.52, 0.84) | 0.67** (0.51, 0.88) |
West | 0.99 (0.73, 1.34) | 1.00 (0.73, 1.37) |
South | 0.68** (0.52, 0.90) | 0.60*** (0.44, 0.81) |