Predictors of Unintended Pregnancy Among Adolescent Girls During the Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Oyam District in Northern Uganda

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Table 1 Social-Demographic and Pregnancy-Related Information of Respondents

Explanatory Variable	Frequency (%)	Pregnancy		P value
		Intended (n %)	Not Intended (n%)
Pregnancy	420 (100%)	127 (30.2%)	293 (69.8%)
Age				<0.001*
14–17	128 (30.5%)	19 (14.8%)	109 (85.2%)
18–19	292 (69.5%)	108 (37.0%)	184 (63.0%)
Marital status				0.253
Married	183 (43.6%)	50 (27.3%)	133 (72.7%)
Not married	237 (56.4%)	77 (32.5%)	160 (67.5%)
Residence				0.150
Rural	295 (70.2%)	83 (28.1%)	212 (71.9%)
Urban	125 (29.8%	44 (35.2%)	81 (64.8%)
Education level				0.252
No formal education	222 (52.9%)	71 (32.0%)	151 (68.0%)
Primary education	138 (11.0%)	40 (29.0%)	98 (71.0%)
Secondary education	46 (29.0%)	15 (32.6%)	31 (67.4%)
Post-secondary education	14 (3.3%)	1 (7.1%)	13 (92.9%)
Peer influence during COVID-19				0.431
Yes	386 (91.9%)	115 (29.8%)	271 (70.2%)
No	33 (7.9%)	12 (36.4%)	21 (63.6%)
Knowledge of the ovulation period				>0.001*
Know	148 (35.2%)	74 (50.0%)	74 (50.0%)
Do not know	272 (64.8%)
Family member experienced teenage pregnancy				0.046
Yes	290 (69.0%)	79 (27.2%)	211 (72.8%)
No	130 (31.0%)	48 (36.9%)	82 (63.1%)
Multiple partners during COVID-19				<0.001*
Yes	145 (34.5%)	27 (18.6%)	118 (81.4%)
No	275 (65.5%)	100 (36.4%)	175 (63.6%)
Sex education during COVID-19				0.009*
Yes	138 (32.9%)	53 (38.4%)	85 (61.6%)
No	281 (66.9%)	73 (26.0%)	208 (74.0%)
Exposed to mass media family planning message				0.005*
Yes	147 (35.0%)	57 (38.8%)	90 (61.2%)
No	273 (65.0%)	70 (25.6%)	203 (74.4%)
Discussed pregnancy-related issues with parents during COVID-19				0.002*
Yes	240 (57.1%)	87 (36.3%)	153 (63.7%)
No	180 (42.9%)	40 (22.2%)	140 (77.8%)
Knowledge about contraceptives				<0.001*
Yes	237 (56.4%)	90 (38.0%)	147 (62.0%)
No	183 (43.6%)	37 (20.2%)	146 (79.8%)
Freely discussed family planning-related issues with family members during COVID-19				<0.001*
Yes	248 (59.0%)	103 (41.5%)	145 (58.5%)
No	172 (41.0%)	24 (14.0%)	148 (86.0%)

Note: *Statistically significant variables at p<0.05.

Table 2 A Multivariable Logistic Regression Analysis of Factors Associated with Unintended Pregnancy

Variable	COR 95% CI	AOR 95% CI	P value
Knowledge of the ovulation period
Know	0.242 (0.156–0.376)	0.243 (0.145–0.0406)	<0.001*
Do not know	1.00
Sex education during COVID-19
Yes	0.563 (0.365–0.869)	0.533 (0.309–0919)	0.024*
No	1.00
Freely discussed family planning-related issues with family members during COVID-19
Yes	0.228 (0.138–0.376)	0.380 (0.220–0.658)	0.001*
No	1.00

Note: *Statistically significant variables at p<0.05.