Teenage pregnancy and the sociodemographic attributes as a major contributor: Findings from an urban referral center in Nepal

Table 3 Binary logistic regression analysis of predictors of teen pregnancy

Variables		Adjusted OR	95%CI for OR		P value
			Lower	Upper
Marriage age	At or above 20	1.040	0.000	.	1.000
	Below 201
Marital state and living with	Husband abroad, separated or others	0.902	0.477	1.708	0.752
	Married and living with husband1
Marriage type	Arrange marriage	0.550	0.389	0.778	0.001b
	Love marriage1
1st pregnancy based on age	Non Teen	0.000	0.000	.	0.993
	Teen1
Temporary address	In the Kathmandu valley	1.093	0.699	1.710	0.696
	Outside the valley1
Permanent address	In the Kathmandu valley	1.215	0.712	2.072	0.475
	Outside the valley1
Ethnicity	Upper caste	0.884	0.619	1.260	0.495
	Others1
Religion	Others	0.938	0.646	1.361	0.735
	Hindu1
Family type	Joint or extended	1.192	0.826	1.722	0.348
	Nuclear1
Education status	Grade 8 or above	0.670	0.522	0.861	0.002b
	Illetrate or less than Grade 81
Husband Education status	Grade 8 or above	0.783	0.611	1.003	0.053
	Illetrate or less than Grade 81
Education status of Mother	Grade 8 or above	1.095	0.679	1.767	0.710
	Illiterate or less than Grade 81
Employment status	Formally employed	0.988	0.646	1.511	0.956
	Unemployed1
Husband Employment status	Formally employed	0.807	0.590	1.104	0.180
	Unemployed1
Knowledge of family planning	Yes	0.474	0.288	0.779	0.003b
	No1
Use of any family planning methods	Yes	0.345	0.248	0.479	0.000c
	No1
Present pregnancy	Unplanned	0.911	0.635	1.307	0.612
	Planned1

¹Reference taken, 95% confidence interval and 5% standard error considered, with < 0.05 as significance.

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01.

^cP < 0.001.