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Table 2 Relative risks for single versus recurrent unintended pregnancy among women serving in the IDF, 2013–2015

From: Recurrent unintended pregnancies among young unmarried women serving in the Israeli military

 

Single unintended pregnancy

Recurrent unintended pregnancy

Unadjusted RR (95% CI)

Adjusteda RR (95% CI)

n = 1331 (77.4%)

n = 389 (22.6%)

Body Mass Index

  < 18.5

12.4%

17.1%

1.49 (1.08–2.07)

1.41 (0.93–2.16)

 18.5–24.9

64.5%

59.6%

Reference

Reference

 25–29.9

16.9%

18.4%

1.18 (0.87–1.61)

0.93 (0.62–1.39)

  > 30

6.1%

4.9%

0.86 (0.51–1.47)

0.81 (0.42–1.58)

Education

 Less than high school

7.7%

21.9%

3.40 (2.48–4.66)

3.15 (2.04–4.84)

 High school graduate

92.0%

77.1%

Reference

Reference

 Higher education

0.4%

1.0%

3.26 (0.87–12.23)

N/A

IQ score

 Low (90–99)

60.7%

78.4%

2.29 (1.75–3.00)

1.86 (1.32–2.62)

 Median (100–117.9)

36.8%

20.8%

Reference

Reference

 High (118+)

2.5%

0.8%

0.55 (0.17–1.84)

0.27 (0.04–2.17)

Immigration status

 1st generation

16.8%

17.2%

1.03(0.76–1.39)

0.69 (0.10–0.27)

 2nd generation

38.6%

44.8%

1.29 (0.997–1.67)

1.30 (0.90–1.88)

 Longer term resident

  

Reference

Reference

Country of origin

 Israel

10.9%

9.7%

Reference

Reference

 Western

14.1%

9.4%

0.75 (0.45–1.25)

0.76 (0.42–1.39)

 Sub-Saharan Africa

10.9%

17.5%

1.81 (1.13–2.89)

1.44 (0.69–3.00)

 Asia

16.7%

13.7%

0.92 (0.57–1.48)

0.74 (0.43–1.27)

 Former Soviet Union

20.1%

21.6%

1.20 (0.77–1.87)

0.83 (0.43–1.61)

 North-Africa

27.1%

28.0%

1.16 (0.76–1.78)

0.86 (0.53–1.41)

 Other

0.2%

0.0%

N/A

N/A

Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status

 Low (1–4)

28.9%

36.3%

1.34 (1.03–1.74)

1.13 (0.82–1.57)

 Median (5–7)

57.6%

54.1%

Reference

Reference

 High (8–10)

13.5%

9.6%

0.76 (0.51–1.14)

0.68 (0.41–1.13)

History of psychiatric illness

1.8%

1.3%

0.71 (0.27–1.87)

0.64 (0.20–2.06)

  1. N/A not available - numbers are too small for calculation
  2. aAdjusted for all variables shown in table