Table 4 Factors associated with mothers’ practice of essential newborn care at home in Gulomekada Woreda May, 2014
Variable | Level of Knowledge | OR(95 % CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor | Good | COR | AOR | |
Number of live birth | ||||
Four and less than 4 | 34 | 173 | 1.88(1.03,3.41) | 1.10(0.49,2.45) |
> 4 | 24 | 65 | +1 | |
ANC follow up | ||||
Yes | 55 | 235 | 4.27(0.84, 21.7) | 2.73(0.44,17) |
No | 3 | 3 | +1 | |
Educational status | ||||
Unable read and write | 14 | 102 | +1 | |
Able read write | 37 | 79 | 0.29(0.15,0.58) | 0.34(0.16, 0.71) |
Elementary and above | 7 | 57 | 1.12(0.42, 2.93) | 0.78(0.26, 2.32) |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 43 | 206 | 2.24(1.12, 4.50) | 3.0(1.34, 6.76) |
Single, divorced | 15 | 32 | +1 | |