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Table 3 Multilevel analysis of factors associated with knowledge of the ovulatory period among young women, 2016 EDHS

From: Spatial variations and determinants of knowledge of ovulatory period among young women in Ethiopia: a spatial and multilevel analysis using 2016 EDHS

Variables

categories

Null model

Model I

Model II

Model III

AOR [95% CI]

AOR [95% CI]

AOR [95% CI]

Age of women

15–19

 

1.00

 

1.00

20–24

 

2.08 [1.53, 2.83]

 

1.98 [1.46, 2.70]***

Marital status

Not married

 

1.00

 

1.00

Married

 

1.00 [0.50, 1.98]

 

1.13 [0.57, 2.26]

Women education status

No education

 

1.00

 

1.00

Primary

 

1.70 [1.24, 2.34]

 

1.70 [1.23, 2.35]***

Secondary and higher

 

2.23 [1.39, 3.57]

 

2.30 [1.41, 3.74]***

Husband education status

No education

 

1.00

 

1.00

Primary education

 

1.40 [1.02, 1.91]

 

1.39 [1.02, 1.91]**

Secondary & higher education

 

1.13 [0.74, 1.73]

 

1.05 [0.68, 1.61]

Current working status

Not working

 

1.00

 

1.00

Working

 

0.79 [0.61, 1.03]

 

0.81 [0.62, 1.05]

Media exposure

No

 

1.00

 

1.00

Yes

 

1.25 [0.93, 1.68]

 

1.13 [0.83, 1.53]

Contraceptive use

No

 

1.00

 

1.00

Yes

 

1.67 [1.26, 2.22]

 

1.66 [1.24, 2.22]***

Menstruated in the last six weeks

No

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Yes

 

0.94 [0.72, 1.22]

 

0.93 [0.71, 1.20]

Wealth index

Poor

 

1.00

 

1.00

Middle

 

0.99 [0.69, 1.42]

 

0.91 [0.63, 1.31]

Rich

 

1.24 [0.87, 1.77]

 

0.90 [0.60, 1.34]

Community level variables

 

Residence

Rural

  

1.06 [0.75, 1.50]

1.23 [0.64, 2.37]

Urban

  

1.00

1.00

Community level poverty

Low

  

1.00

1.00

High

  

0.85[0.63, 1.13]

0.73 [0.42, 1.25]

Community level of media exposure

Low

  

1.00

1.00

High

  

1.84 [1.38, 2.45]

1.65 [0.98,2.78]

Community level of women’s education

Low

  

1.00

1.00

High

  

1.23 [0.95, 1.58]

0.87 [0.55, 1.39]

Region

Somalia

  

1.00

1.00

Tigray

  

0.99[0.51, 1.93]

0.50 [0.18, 1.38]

Afar

  

1.18 [0.42, 3.28]

0.70 [0.16, 3.00]

Amhara

  

1.89 [1.02, 3.47]

0.92 [0.36, 2.36]

Oromia

  

3.70 [2.03, 6.75]

2.09 [0.86,5.08]

Benishangul

  

1.01 [0.37, 2.71]

0.27 [0.04, 1.49]

SNNPR

  

1.54 [0.82, 2.87]

0.81 [0.31, 2.06]

Gambella

  

1.76 [0.47, 6.59]

0.76 [0.09, 5.99]

Harari

  

3.80 [1.10, 13.12]

2.53 [0.35, 18.27]

 

Addis Ababa

  

2.57 [1.31, 5.04]

1.41 [0.43,4.57]

Dire Dawa

  

2.72 [1.03, 7.15]

1.50 [0.28, 8.05]

  1. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. * = P-value < 0.05, ** = Pvalue < 0.01, *** = Pvalue < 0.001