Table 6 Bivariate and multivariate analysis on emergency contraceptive utilization among female college students in Debre Tabor Town northwest Ethiopia, October 2017 (n = 263)
| Variables | EC used |
Crude OR (95% CI) |
Adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (%) | Yes (%) | |||
| Age (in years) | ||||
| 15–19 | 91(48.2) | 21(28.41) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 20–24 | 90(47.6) | 45(60.8) | 2.2(1.19, 3.93) | 2.3(1.21, 4.49)* |
| > =25 | 8(4.2) | 8(10.8) | 4.3(1.46, 12.87) | 1.9(0.52, 7.32) |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Never married | 169(89.4) | 49(66.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Married | 16(8.5) | 19(25.3) | 4.1(1.96, 8.56) | 2.8(1.22, 6.21)* |
| Divorced | 4(2.1) | 6(8.1) | 5.2(1.40, 19.07) | 4.9(1.12, 21.08)* |
| Extra Job | ||||
| Yes | 11(5.8) | 12(16.2) | 3.1(1.32, 3.46) | 2.5(0.98, 6.62) |
| No | 178(94.2) | 62(83.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Ever Pregnant | ||||
| Yes | 6(3.2) | 14(18.9) | 7.1(2.62, 19.34) | 3.7(0.50, 27.99) |
| No | 183(96.8) | 60(81.1) | 1.00 | |
| Unintended pregnancy | ||||
| Yes | 4(2.1) | 11 (14.9) | 8.1(2.48, 26.27) | 1.7(0.16, 17.17) |
| No | 185(97.9) | 63(81.1) | 1.00 | 01.0 |
| Field of Study | ||||
| Non-Health science | 91(48.1) | 25(33.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Health science | 98(51.9) | 49(66.2) | 1.8(1.04, 3.19) | 1.3(0.69, 2.49) |
| Knowledge | ||||
| Good knowledge | 79(41.8) | 47(63.5) | 2.4(1.39, 4.22) | 2.3(1.20, 4.25)* |
| Poor knowledge | 110(58.2) | 27(36.5) | 1.00 | |