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Table 4 Logistic regression with non-pregnancy-related discontinuation as the outcome variable

From: Give women what they want: contraceptive discontinuation and method preference in urban Ghana

Variable

Unadjusted Odds ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted Odds ratio (95%CI)

Marginal effect

Significance

Got preferred method

.479 (.252-.912)

.274 (.108-.698)

-.120

.005

LARC

.253 (.143-.447)

.303 (.143-.642)

-.111

.001

Mean Choose Again

.111 (.057-.217)

.080 (.031-.206)

-.234

.000

Experience side effects

1.99 (1.02-3.84)

1.96 (.926-4.16)

.063

.076

Married

.569 (.349-.929)

.798 (.368-1.73)

-.021

.568

Used a method before this visit

.856 (.522-1.40)

1.34 (.670-2.70)

.027

.405

Average desire to avoid pregnancy

.778 (.526-1.15)

1.06 (.555-1.97)

.004

.891

Age

.958 (.778-1.18)

1.18 (.863-1.62)

.016

.296

  1. Bold indicates statistical significance
  2. LARC long-acting reversible contraception