Table 3 Multivariable Poisson regression models of number of recent births among women aged 15–49 years after Kenya’s 2010 abortion law liberalization
From: Kenya’s 2010 abortion law impacts contraceptive use and fertility rates
Model one (no imputation) | Model two (imputed) | |
|---|---|---|
Births per woman in the past five years | Adjusted Prevalence Rate Ratios (95% CI) | Adjusted Prevalence Rate Ratios (95% CI) |
Effect of change of abortion law (intervention group*post intervention period) | ||
Old abortion law | Ref | Ref |
New abortion law | 0.95 (0.91, 0.98)** | 0.95 (0.92, 0.97)*** |
Control variables | ||
Age in years | 0.97 (0.97, 0.97)*** | 0.97 (0.97, 0.97)*** |
Contraceptive use pattern | ||
Never use contraception | Ref | Ref |
Ever used contraception but currently not | 1.17 (1.15, 1.19)*** | 1.17 (1.15, 1.20)*** |
Currently using contraception | 1.28 (1.25, 1.30)*** | 1.24 (1.22, 1.27)*** |
Residence | ||
Urban | Ref | Ref |
Rural | 1.05 (1.03, 1.08)*** | 1.06 (1.03, 1.08)*** |
Educational level | ||
No education | Ref | Ref |
Primary education | 0.94 (0.92, 0.96)*** | 0.97 (0.95, 0.99)* |
Secondary education | 0.85 (0.82, 0.87)*** | 0.87 (0.85, 0.90)*** |
Higher education | 0.88 (0.84, 0.92)*** | 0.89 (0.85, 0.94)*** |
Wealth index | ||
Poorest | Ref | Ref |
Poorer | 0.88 (0.86, 0.89)*** | 0.88 (0.86, 0.90)*** |
Middle | 0.82 (0.80, 0.84)*** | 0.83 (0.82, 0.85)*** |
Richer | 0.74 (0.72, 0.75)*** | 0.75 (0.73, 0.77)*** |
Richest | 0.65 (0.63, 0.68)*** | 0.65 (0.63, 0.67)*** |
Marital Status | ||
Married/living with partner | Ref | Ref |
Never in union | 0.12 (0.11, 0.12)*** | 0.11 (0.10, 0.12)*** |
Widowed/divorced/separated | 0.68 (0.67, 0.70)*** | 0.68 (0.67, 0.70)*** |
Religion | ||
Christianity | Ref | |
Islamic | 1.03 (1.01, 1.06)* | |
Others | 1.07 (1.02, 1.23)** | |