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Table 6 Determinants of emergency contraception utilization

From: Emergency contraception knowledge, utilization and its determinants among selected young females in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Variables

Ever used EC

AOR (CI)

P-value

 

Yes

No

  

Partners

    
 

Only 1

120

22

1.00

 
 

1–3

65

12

3.508 (0.380-32.424)

0.269

 

> 4

39

1

4.748 (0.494–45.624)

0.177

Unprotected sex

    
 

Never

33

14

1.00

 
 

Sometimes

89

7

3.013 (0.965–9.412)

0.058

 

Most of the times

82

11

0.518 (0.153–1.751)

0.290

Knowledge category

    
 

Poor

74

21

1.00

 
 

Good

21

13

0.319 (0.114–0.888)

0.029*

Who would you like to provide EC services

    
 

Health workers

71

11

1.00

 
 

Pharmacists/pharmacy technicians

132

9

0.135 (0.037–0.498)

0.003*

 

Peers

5

1

0.246 (0.072–0.847)

0. 026*

 

Social media

18

10

0.665 (0.048–9.152)

0.760

  1. *variables with statically significant association