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Table 3 Factors associated with under-utilization of antenatal care in Timor-Leste

From: Under-utilization of antenatal care services in Timor-Leste: results from Demographic and Health Survey 2009–2010

Factors

Crude odds ratio (95 % CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

P

Wealth status

  

<0.001

 High (upper 20 %)

1.00

1.00

 

 Low (lower 40 %)

2.89 (2.36, 3.52)

2.09 (1.68, 2.60)

 

 Middle (middle 40 %)

1.43 (1.19, 1.73)

1.18 (0.96, 1.44)

 

Maternal education

  

<0.001

 Secondary or higher

1.00

1.00

 

 No education

2.28 (1.96, 2.66)

1.54 (1.30, 1.82)

 

 Primary

1.58 (1.36, 1.83)

1.2 (1.04, 1.41)

 

Paternal education

  

0.001

 Secondary or higher

1.00

1.00

 

 No education

2.11 (1.80, 2.48)

1.34 (1.13, 1.60)

 

 Primary

1.32 (1.14, 1.54)

1.00 (0.86, 1.17)

 

Permission to visit health facility

  

<0.001

 Not a big problem

1.00

1.00

 

 Big problem

1.70 (1.42, 2.03)

1.65 (1.39, 1.96)