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Table 1 Participant characteristics and factors associated with sterilization history, N = 102

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*

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)

  1. Statistically significant odds ratios boldfaced in Table 1, p ≤ 0.05.
  2. *Models adjusted for age, number of pregnancies ever carried to full term. Adjusted models only run for statistically significant associations in column three of Table 1.
  3. **Black, non-Latina compared to all other groups.