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Table 6 Association between EC usage and socidemographic status of female undergraduate students of AAU, March, 2010(n = 368)

From: Assessing knowledge, attitude, and practice of emergency contraception: a cross- sectional study among Ethiopian undergraduate female students

Variables

Usage

95% CI Crude OR

95% CI Adjusted OR

 

Yes

No

  

Age

    

26-29

2

3

1.0

1.0

23-26

2

9

3.00(0.28-31.63)

3.57(0.22-56.58)

20-23

11

27

1.63(0.24-11.18)

1.89(0.15-22.60)

17-20

12

21

1.16(0.17-7.99)

0.92(0.07-11.71)

Religion

    

Christian

23

57

1.0

1.0

Muslim

4

2

0.41(0.09-1.78)

0.26(0.04-1.53)

Department

    

Health science

1

11

1.0

1.0

Non Health Science

26

50

5.83(0.71-47.74)

7.85(0.84-73.39)

Region

    

Addis Ababa

7

20

1.0

1.0

Out of Addis Ababa

20

41

1.32(0.47-3.66)

1.35(0.43-4.24)

Marital Status

    

Married

7

15

1.0

1.0

Non-Married

20

46

0.87(0.30-2.48)

0.56(0.14-2.14)

Family Monthly Income

    

> 500

23

52

1

1

150-499

4

9

1.01(0.28-3.63)

1.18(0.23-5.92)

Mother's education

    

> 8th grade

13

29

1.0

1.0

< 8th grade

14

31

0.96(0.38-2.389)

2.04(0.472-8.872)

Father's education

    

> 8th grade

17

43

1.0

1.0

< 8th grade

10

18

0.67(0.25-1.75)

0.38(0.09-1.62)

  1. N.B: Only sexually active participants who ever heard of EC are included.
  2. : Adjusted OR of each variable is obtained after adjusting it for all other variables shown in the table.