Table 2
Adjusted odds ratios relating oral contraceptive use to selected characteristics, women aged 15 to 49, household population, Canada, 2007 to 2011

Table 2
Adjusted odds ratios relating oral contraceptive use to selected characteristics, women aged 15 to 49, household population, Canada, 2007 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Adjusted odds ratios relating oral contraceptive use to selected characteristics. The information is grouped by Characteristic (appearing as row headers), Adjusted odds ratio and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic	Adjusted odds ratio	95% confidence interval
Characteristic	Adjusted odds ratio	from	to
Age group
15 to 19	14.49^Note *	7.14	29.38
20 to 24	10.93^Note *	5.10	23.45
25 to 29	8.65^Note *	3.59	20.85
30 to 34	8.03^Note *	3.57	18.03
35 to 39	3.75^Note *	1.73	8.09
40 to 49^Note †	1.00	1.00	1.00
Marital status
Married^Note †	1.00	1.00	1.00
Common-law	1.63	0.87	3.05
Previously married	0.74	0.33	1.69
Single, never married	1.35	0.68	2.70
Parity (number of children)
Nulliparous (none)	2.09^Note *	1.27	3.42
Parous (one or more)^Note †	1.00	1.00	1.00
Sexually active in past year
No^Note †	1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes	3.96^Note *	1.52	10.37
Immigrant
No	2.66^Note *	1.21	5.84
Yes^Note †	1.00	1.00	1.00
Household income
Lower^Note †	1.00	1.00	1.00
Higher	1.11	0.66	1.89
Has regular doctor
No	0.56	0.28	1.10
Yes^Note †	1.00	1.00	1.00
Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note: Excludes women using other hormonal contraceptives (transdermals, intravaginals, and injectables). Source: 2007 to 2009 and 2009 to 2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey, combined.

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