From: Factors associated with sterilization use among women leaving a U.S. jail: a mixed methods study
N (%) or mean (min, max) | Odds ratio (95% CI) for association with sterilization history | Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) for association with sterilization history* | |
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Age | 33.72 (18, 60) | 1.12 (1.06, 1.18) | – |
White | 16 (15.7) | 1.02 (0.40, 2.59)** | – |
Black | 73 (71.6) | ||
American Indian/Alaska | 2 (2.0) | ||
Native | 3 (2.9) | ||
Bi-Racial | 1 (1.0) | ||
Other | 7 (6.9) | ||
Latina | |||
High school education or more | 72 (70.6) | 0.58 (0.24, 1.41) | – |
Employed prior to incarceration | 35 (34.7) | 1.00 (0.98, 1.01) | – |
Number of pregnancies ever carried to full term | 2.10 (0, 8) | 2.10 (1.50, 2.96) | – |
Ever had a tubal ligation | 32 (31.4) | – | – |
Ever had an unplanned pregnancy | 62 (60.8) | 1.35 (0.57, 3.23) | – |
Ever exchanged sex for money, drugs, life necessities | 25 (24.8) | 2.77 (1.08, 7.10) | 1.15 (0.36, 3.71) |
Number of months incarcerated in lifetime | 10.92 (0, 192) | 1.02 (1.00, 1.04) | 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) |
Current depression | 64 (62.7) | 1.20 (0.50, 2.87) | – |
Past year drug dependence | 37 (36.3) | 2.33 (0.99, 5.52) | 1.07 (0.36, 3.19) |
Lifetime alcohol problems | 30 (30.0) | 2.95 (1.19, 7.33) | 1.77 (0.59, 5.29) |
Past year intimate partner violence | 42 (41.6) | 1.37 (0.59, 3.20) | – |
Physical abuse history before age 16 | 31 (30.4) | 2.98 (1.22, 7.26) | 3.70 (1.17, 11.66) |
Sexual abuse history before age 16 | 33 (32.4) | 1.71 (0.71, 4.11) | – |