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Table 5 Predictors of repeated abortion, Tigray region, 2015

From: Determinants of repeated abortion among women of reproductive age attending health facilities in Northern Ethiopia: a case–control study

Variables

Abortion

COR [95%]

AOR [95%]

Repeated

Single

  

N (%)

N (%)

  

Know when to return fertility after menstruation

 Yes

56 (53.3)

140 (68.6)

1

1

 No

49 (46.7)

64 (31.4)

1.9 (1.17,3.1)

2.0 (1.12,3.69)

Abortion done

 Medical abortion

50 (47.6)

44 (21.6)

3.3 (1.98,5.49)

3.3 (1.83,6.11)

 Surgical abortion

55 (52.4)

160 (78.4)

1

1

Perceive that the abortion procedure was painful

 Yes

32 (30.5)

112 (54.9)

1

1

 No

73 (69.5)

92 (45.1)

2.7 (1.68,4.57)

2.3 (1.31,4.26)

Age at first sexual intercourse

 Less than 18

83 (79)

117 (57.4)

2.8 (1.62,4.84)

2.7 (1.49,5.23)

 18 and above

22 (21)

87 (42.6)

1

1

Sexual partner in the past 12 months

 One

29 (27.6)

109 (53.4)

1

1

 Two and above

76 (72.4)

95 (46.6)

2.9 (1.74,4.94)

4.4 (2.39,8.45)

Abortion disclosure

 Yes

61 (58.1)

90 (44.1)

1.7 (1.09,2.82)

2.1 (1.23,3.83)

 No

44 (41.9)

114 (55.9)

1

1

Repeated abortion results in sterility

 Agree

63 (60)

129 (63.2)

0.2 (0.09,0.78)

0.3 (0.1,12)

 I do no

38 (36.2)

67 (32.8)

0.3 (0.1,1.02)

0.4 (0.11,1.45)

 Disagree

4 (3.8)

8 (3.9)

1

1