Association between whether a woman agrees or strongly agrees with the statement ‘women should have access to safe abortion services’ and whether the woman knows at least one person who has terminated a pregnancy in the past 5 years adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics (N=641)
| Unadjusted | Adjusted* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | |
| Knows ≥1 person who has induced an abortion in the past 5 years | ||||
| No | 1.00 | 0.1672 | 1.00 | 0.4588 |
| Yes | 1.40 (0.86 to 2.29) | 1.26 (0.68 to 2.35) | ||
| Has correct knowledge of the abortion law in Zambia | ||||
| No | 1.00 | <0.0001 | 1.00 | 0.0384 |
| Yes | 1.94 (1.45 to 2.59) | 1.86 (1.04 to 3.36) | ||
| Age group (years) | ||||
| 15–24 | 1.00 | 0.4016 | 1.00 | 0.3256 |
| 25–34 | 0.91 (0.67 to 1.23) | 0.84 (0.50 to 1.41) | ||
| 35–44 | 0.70 (0.40 to 1.20) | 1.37 (0.64 to 2.92) | ||
| Area of residence | ||||
| Urban | 1.00 | 0.5932 | 1.00 | 0.0868 |
| Rural | 0.86 (0.50 to 1.49) | 0.60 (0.34 to 1.08) | ||
| Province of residence | ||||
| Central | 1.00 | 0.5111 | 1.00 | 0.9109 |
| Copperbelt | 0.74 (0.44 to 1.25) | 0.89 (0.51 to 1.56) | ||
| Lusaka | 0.77 (0.42 to 1.41) | 1.02 (0.51 to 2.04) | ||
| Highest level of education attended | ||||
| None | 2.06 (0.95 to 4.47) | 0.0021 | 2.89 (0.77 to 10.82) | 0.4711 |
| Primary | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Secondary | 2.24 (1.42 to 3.54) | 1.30 (0.60 to 2.80) | ||
| Higher education | 3.37 (1.46 to 7.77) | 1.33 (0.37 to 4.70) | ||
| Religion | ||||
| Catholic | 1.00 | 0.1952 | 1.00 | 0.0765 |
| Other Christian | 0.73 (0.45 to 1.18) | 0.57 (0.30 to 1.06) | ||
| Other | † | † | ||
*Adjusted for all other variables in the model.
†All women within this category agreed with the statement ‘abortion is immoral’; thus the OR is not calculable.