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Table 5 Factors associated with the informed choice of L ARCs at public hospitals in Sidama region Ethiopia, August 2022 (n = 373)

From: Informed choice and its associated factors among women received immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptives at public hospitals in Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia, 2022

Variable

Informed choice

OR (95% CI)

 

Yes

No

COR (95% CI)

AOR95% CI)

Educational status

 Primary

14

74

1.7(.807,3.687)

1.115(.460, 2.703)

 Secondary

23

46

4.56(2.246,9.254)

2.9(1.266,6.73)*

 Higher

19

25

6.93(3.180,15.09)

5.7(2.267,14.669)*

 No formal education

17

155

1

1

Occupation

 Professional

29

69

2.5(1.315,4.836)

2.2(.994, 4.858)

 Agriculture

22

81

1.6(.828, 3.206)

1.57(.702–3.526)

 Merchant

3

36

.500 (.140, 1.788)

.68 (.145–3.186)

 No formal job

19

114

1

1

Husband education

 Primary

14

70

1.2 (.603, 2.653)

1.352(.569–3.216)

 Secondary

21

53

2.46(1.260, 4.816)

2.05(.872,4.81)

 Higher

15

34

2.7 (1.295, 5.809)

2.08(.852–5.078)

 No formal education

23

143

1

1

PPFP counseling during ANC

 Yes

17

25

3.34(6.817,6.590)

2.8(1.224,6.4)*

 No

17

275

1

1

Previous contraception use

 Yes

68

5

4.6(1.794,11.868)

3.2(1.12–9.325)*

 No

224

76

1

1

Frequency of listening to a radio

 Less than once a week

3

34

.418 (.123–1.425)

.398 (.100–1.581)

 At least once a week

28

67

1.98 (1.140, 3.441)

1.95(.998–3.792)

 Not at all

42

199

1

1

Heard about LARCs at community conversation

 Yes

37

128

1.38(.827–2.306)

1.42(.732–2.750)

 No

36

172

1

1

Seen posters with messages about LARCs in the facility

 Yes

51

92

5.2(3.003–9.147)

3.6(1.922,6.79)

 No

22

208

1

1

  1. COR Crude Odds Ratio, AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio
  2. *p < 0.05