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Table 3 The proportion and odds ratio (OR) of unawareness of emergency contraceptive for background characteristics in girls aged 16–18 years

From: Emergency contraception among Finnish adolescents: awareness, use and the effect of non-prescription status

Background characteristic

Sample

% of unawareness

Adjusted for age and survey year

Multivariate *

   

OR

95%

P value

OR

95% CI

Individual factors

Alcohol consumption

   Not drinking

658

5.2

1

  

1

 

   Less than monthly

1716

1.3

0.2

0.1–0.4

 

0.3

0.1–0.6

   Monthly

2677

0.4

0.1

0.04–0.2

 

0.1

0.05–0.3

   Weekly

1582

0.7

0.1

0.06–0.3

<0.001

0.1

0.03–0.3

Daily smoking

   No

4614

1.4

1

  

1

 

   Yes

2055

0.6

0.4

0.2–0.8

0.007

0.5

0.2–1.1

Dating

   No

3921

1.5

1

  

1

 

   Yes

2790

0.8

0.5

0.3–0.9

0.01

0.6

0.3–1.1

School achievements

   Much better than average

777

1.5

1

    

   Slightly better than average

1924

1.0

0.7

0.3–1.4

 

..

..

   Average

2925

0.9

0.6

0.3–1.1

   

   Poorer

699

2.0

1.3

0.6–2.8

0.82

  

Educational career

   Not in school

393

3.1

1

  

1

 

   Vocational school

1852

2.4

0.8

0.4–1.5

 

0.8

0.3–1.7

   High school

4345

0.5

0.2

0.1–0.3

<0.001

0.2

0.1–0.4

Family factors

Family structure

   Mother-father

4819

1.2

1

  

1

 

   One parent and one stepparent

572

1.0

0.9

0.4–2.0

 

0.7

0.2–2.5

   One-parent family

989

1.5

1.3

0.7–2.3

 

1.5

0.8–3.0

   Husband/wife or cohabiting

238

0.4

0.4

0.1–2.7

 

0.5

0.1–3.8

   Other guardian

40

7.5

6.8

2.0–22.8

0.26

6.9

1.8–26.7

Father's education

   Low

1449

1.1

1

    

   Middle

3409

1.0

0.9

0.5–1.7

 

..

..

   High

1523

1.2

1.1

0.5–2.1

0.80

  

Father's occupation

   Upper white collar

2358

0.8

1

    

   Lower white collar

1493

1.3

1.5

0.8–2.8

 

..

..

   Farmer or forestry

428

1.9

2.2

0.9–5.1

   

   Blue collar

2337

1.1

1.3

0.7–2.3

0.45

  

Mother's education

   Low

1008

1.8

1

  

1

 

   Middle

3349

1.1

0.6

0.3–1.1

 

0.9

0.5–1.8

   High

2139

0.8

0.4

0.2–0.9

0.02

0.8

0.3–1.7

Factors describing the place of residence

Urbanization level

   Capital city area

890

2.4

1

  

1

 

   Cities

3669

1.1

0.5

0.3–0.8

 

0.5

0.2–1.2

   Rural villages

1432

0.4

0.2

0.1–0.4

 

0.2

0.1–0.7

   Sparsely populated areas

704

2.0

0.8

0.4–1.6

0.14

1.0

0.4–2.6

Regions

   Southern

2507

1.6

1

  

1

 

   Northern

1060

1.1

0.7

0.4–1.4

 

1.2

0.5–2.7

   Eastern

825

0.5

0.3

0.1–0.9

 

0.4

0.1–1.3

   Western

2391

1.2

0.8

0.5–1.3

0.19

1.1

0.5–2.3

  1. Statistically significant ORs are bolded
  2. *Adjustment for age, survey year, age at menarche and the significant variables of the previous model.
  3. .. Not included in the multivariate model