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Table 3 Associations between women´s lifetime exposure to IPV, socio-demographic characteristics, and use of hormonal emergency contraception (HEC)

From: Who is using the morning-after pill? Inequalities in emergency contraception use among ever partnered Nicaraguan women; findings from a national survey

Exposure

Lifetime emotional IPV

Lifetime physical IPV

Lifetime sexual IPV

Controlling behavior by partner

AOR (95% CI)*

AOR (95% CI)*

AOR (95% CI)*

AOR (95% CI)*

IPV

    

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Yes

1.58 (1.16-2.00)

1.82 (1.30-2.55)

1.63 (1.06-2.52)

1.51 (1.13-2.00)

Age (years)

0.92 (0.90-0.94)

0.92 (0.90-0.94)

0.92 (0.90-0.94)

0.92 (0.90-0.95)

Residency

    

Rural

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Urban

1.98 (1.34-2.94)

1.96 (1.32-2.90)

2.02 (1.36-3.00)

1.96 (1.32-2.91)

Education

    

No education

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Primary school

3.40 (1.12-10.3)

3.42 (1.13-10.36)

3.43 (1.13-10.39)

3.41 (1.12-10.31)

High school education

8.67 (2.87-26.22)

8.80 (2.92-26.56)

8.68 (2.88-26.14)

8.98 (2.98-27.04)

College education

21.4 (6.90-66.6)

22.3 (7.23-69.17)

21.47 (6.94-66.42)

22.6 (7.31-10.12)

Parity (number of children)

0.94 (0.82-1.07)

0.93 (0.82-1.06)

0.95 (0.83-1.07)

0.95 (0.87-1.08)

Socioeconomic status

    

Low

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Medium - low

1.22 (0.47-3.20)

1.24 (0.40-3.27)

1.25 (0.48-3.26)

1.26 (0.48-3.26)

Intermediate

2.26 (0.93-5.51)

2.32 (0.96-4.64)

2.29 (0.94-5.57)

2.35 (0.97-5.67)

Medium - high

4.25 (1.71-10.57)

4.29 (1.72-10.65)

4.33 (1.73-10.78)

4.38 (1.77-10.83)

High

7.20 (2.95-15.59)

7.30 (2.95-17.82)

7.29 (2.97-17.87)

7.45 (3.07-18.07)

Current use of reversible contraception┼

    

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Yes

1.02 (0.74-1.39)

1.01 (0.74-1.38)

0.91 (0.67-1.25)

1.02 (0.75-1.39)

  1. Adjusted odds ratios and 95% CIs shown. n = 8284.
  2. *Adjusted for all variables included in the table. ┼Any method apart from female/male sterilization and HEC.