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Table 3 Odds of Traveling 50 Miles or More for Abortion Covered by Medi-Cal, 2011–2012 (N = 35425a)

From: Distance traveled for Medicaid-covered abortion care in California

Characteristic

Traveled 50+ miles

Adjusted Odds Ratio

95% CI

Sociodemographics

 Age, yearsa

  17 or younger

0.03**

(0.003,0.37)

  18–24

Ref

Ref

  25–34

0.58

(0.28,1.19)

  35 or older

0.33

(0.08,1.32)

 Race/Ethnicity

  Non-Hispanic white

Ref

Ref

  Non-Hispanic black

0.42

(0.14,1.32)

  Hispanic/Latina

0.37*

(0.17,0.83)

  Asian

0.02***

(0.002,0.19)

  Other

0.22

(0.04,1.17)

  Declined to state/missing

0.09*

(0.01,0.71)

Characteristics of abortion

 Abortion procedure

  Medication abortion

0.18***

(0.08,0.40)

  1st Trimester aspiration

Ref

Ref

  2nd Trimester or later

8.81***

(4.41,17.61)

 Source of care

  Hospital

6.88***

(2.53,18.70)

  Outpatient clinic

Ref

Ref

  Physician’s office/Physician’s group

2.80**

(1.42,5.54)

 Data year

  2011

Ref

Ref

  2012

2.84***

(1.66,4.85)

  1. aAbortions among women missing age (n = 6) were dropped from this analysis
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001