Unadjusted and adjusted multinomial logistic regression: associations between physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence (year prior to pregnancy), and externally-decided pregnancy with unintended (mistimed, unwanted) pregnancy in urban slum communities in Mumbai, India (n=1047)
| Variable | n (%) | OR (95% CI) | AOR† (95% CI) |
| Externally-controlled decision-making (n=92) | |||
| Mistimed pregnancy | 35 (38.0) | 6.37 (3.92 to 10.38)* | 6.00 (3.52 to 10.21)** |
| Unwanted pregnancy | 10 (10.9) | 2.57 (1.24 to 5.31)* | 2.17 (0.90 to 5.20) |
| Intended pregnancy (Ref.) | 47 (51.1) | – | – |
| Physical and/or sexual IPV, pre-pregnancy (n=308) | |||
| Mistimed pregnancy | 56 (18.2) | 2.22 (1.51 to 3.25)* | 1.94 (1.28 to 2.94)** |
| Unwanted pregnancy | 33 (10.7) | 2.19 (1.35 to 3.53)* | 1.45 (0.82 to 2.55) |
| Intended pregnancy (Ref.) | 219 (71.1) | – | – |
Figures in bold represent statistically significant results.
† Adjusted for demographics and marital factors (wives’ age, education, and caste/religion, husbands’ age and education, family’s monthly income, number of living children, family structure, and modern spacing contraception), and primary independent variables (externally decided pregnancy decision-making, and IPV).
*p<0.05
**p<0.001.
IPV, intimate partner violence; Ref., reference category.