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Table 3 Crude and adjusted odds ratio for post-abortion complications among women aged 15–49, India, 2019-21

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)

  1. Note: ® Reference category; * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001