Prevalence and correlates of unintended pregnancy in Ghana: Analysis of 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey

Table 2 Binary Logistic Regression Results on Correlates of Unintended Pregnancy

Variable	OR	95% CI	P-value
Age cohort
15–19	1	[1]	–
20–24	0.71***	[0.09–0.56]	0.000
25–29	0.25***	[0.09–0.70]	0.000
30–34	0.21***	[0.07–0.57]	0.000
35–39	0.16***	[0.06–0.47]	0.000
40–44	0.38***	[0.06–0.53]	0.000
45–49	0.14***	[0.04–0.47]	0.000
Wealth status
Poor	1	[1]
Middle	1.42*	[0.48–0.91]	0.008
Rich	0.89**	[0.35–0.79]	0.013
Education level
No education	1	[1]
Primary/JHS	1.22***	[0.13–0.81]	0.008
Secondary/SHS	1.86*	[1.22–2.84]	0.031
Higher/tertiary	2.61**	[1.24–5.58]	0.024
Religion
Christianity	1	[1]
Islam	0.71***	[0.42–0.99]	0.000
Traditionalist	0.94**	[0.30–0.84]	0.011
No religion	0.70	[0.37–2.19]	0.921
Marital status
Never married	1	[1]
Married	0.41**	[0.31–0.91]	0.002
Cohabiting	1.19**	[0.51–0.99]	0.001
Separated	2.14	[1.91–3.81]	0.201
Divorced	1.52***	[0.03–0.79]	0.000
Widowed	1.11	[0.62–2.18]	0.491
Residential status
Rural	1	[1]
Urban	1.39	[0.86–1.95]	0.069
Occupation
Not working	1	[1]
Primary	1.31**	[0.76–1.11]	0.026
Secondary	1.05	[0.59–1.86]	0.084
Tertiary	1.21	[0.75–1.94]	0.298
Parity
1–4	1	[1]
4+	0.25***	[0.16–0.39]	0.000
Contraceptive use and intention
Using modern method	1	[1]
Using traditional method	0.82	[0.65–1.06]	0.023
Intends to use later	0.98	[0.83–1.15]	0.019
Does not intend to use	0.65	[0.45–2.77]	0.450
Decision maker for contraceptive use
Respondent alone	1	[1]
Husband alone	0.77	[0.45–1.39]	0.031
Joint decision	1.01	[0.41–0.99]	0.011
Other	1.18	[0.06–18.11]	0.821

Source: Computed from 2014 GDHS dataset. OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval in square brackets; 1 = reference; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001