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Table 2 Predictors of unplanned pregnancy in pregnant females (n = 500)

From: Gender of children and social provisions as predictors of unplanned pregnancies in Pakistan: a cross-sectional survey

Variables

Subcategories

B

Standard error in B

p

Odds ratio (OR)

95% CI for OR

Lower

Upper

Education

Literate

− 0.295

0.303

0.330

1

  

Illiterate

   

0.744

0.411

1.348

Background

Rural

0.968

0.276

< 0.001

1

  

Urban/semi-urban

   

2.633

1.533

4.522

Household income

Low

0.264

0.266

0.322

1

  

High

   

1.302

0.772

2.194

Having daughters

Yes

− 0.033

0.287

0.908

1

  

No

   

0.968

0.551

1.698

Having sons

Yes

0.701

0.292

0.016

1

  

No

   

2.02

1.137

3.571

Total children

≤1

− 0.415

0.362

0.251

1

  

≤ 2

   

0.660

0.325

1.341

Used contraceptives

No

0.497

0.249

0.046

1

  

Yes

   

1.644

1.009

2.678

Attachment

 

0.117

0.080

0.146

1.124

0.960

1.315

Social integration

 

− 0.074

0.054

0.173

0.929

0.835

1.033

Reassurance of worth

 

0.133

0.056

0.018

1.143

1.023

1.276

Reliable alliance

 

− 0.017

0.076

0.819

0.983

0.846

1.141

Guidance

 

0.050

0.085

0.556

1.051

0.890

1.242

Nurturance

 

− 0.101

0.060

0.089

0.904

0.804

1.016

Constant

 

− 2.397

0.812

0.003

0.091

  
  1. Cox and Snell R2 = 14.5%, Negelkerke R2 = 21.1%