Rural Tanzanian women's awareness of danger signs of obstetric complications

Table 3 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of the likelihood of knowing one or more danger sign during pregnancy, during delivery and after delivery.

Socio-demographic and obstetric characteristic	Aware of danger sign		Bivariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	Yes	No	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age:
-19	41	97	1		1
20–29	295	310	2.3	1.5–3.4	1.7	1.1–2.8
30–39	192	116	3.9	2.5–6.0	2.3	1.2–4.1
40-	43	24	4.2	2.3–7.9	2.3	1.2–5.2
Marital status:
Single	68	82	1
Married/Cohabiting	461	434	1.3	0.91–1.8
Divorced/Separated/Widowed	42	31	1.6	0.93–2.9
Educational level:
Not gone to school	196	250	1		1
Primary school incomplete	62	75	1.1	0.72–1.5	1.0	0.67–1.6
Primary school complete	297	218	1.7	1.3–2.2	1.7	1.3–2.3
Secondary school and above	16	4	5.1	1.7–15	5.8	1.8–19
Occupation:
Peasant	430	428	1
Housewife	47	51	0.9	0.60–1.4
Petty businesswomen	80	57	1.3	0.67–2.8
Other	14	11	1.4	0.97–2.0
Number of deliveries
1	84	139	1		1
2 – 4	275	273	1.7	1.2–2.3	1.7	1.1–2.6
5 -	212	135	2.6	1.8–3.7	2.2	1.3–3.8
Place of delivery:
Home/Roadside	168	210	1		1
Health institution	403	337	1.5	1.2–1.9	1.4	1.1–1.9
Number of antenatal care visits ^a,b:
-3	230	281	1		1
4-	322	249	1.5	1.2–2.0	1.4	1.1–1.9
Month booked antenatal care ^a:
-3	137	98	1		1
4-	427	438	0.70	0.52–0.93	0.89	0.64–1.2
Informed of a risk/complication during antenatal care ^a:
Yes	122	57	2.3	1.7–3.3	2.6	1.8–3.8
No	442	479	1		1
Advised to deliver in hospital ^c:
Yes	119	124	1
No	207	186	1.2	0.84–1.6

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