Utilization of maternal health services among young women in Kenya: Insights from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, 2003

Table 2 Odds ratio of various covariates on timing of first antenatal care visit among young women in Kenya

	Panel A: Bivariate				Panel B: Multivariate
	None vs (Late/Early)		(None/Late) vs Early		None vs (Late/Early)		(None/Late) vs Early
	Col. 1		Col. 2		Col. 3		Col. 4
Place of residence (Ref: Urban)
Rural	0.625	**	Same^a		0.747		Same
Household wealth (Ref: Poor)
Medium	2.519	**	1.053		1.310	†	Same
Rich	2.685	**	1.516	*	1.230		Same
Education (Ref: Primary)
None	0.200	**	1.716	**	0.244	**	1.947	**
Secondary+	1.323	†	Same		1.101		Same
Ethnicity (Ref: Kikuyu)
Luhya	0.615	*	Same		0.731		Same
Luo	0.593	†	1.185		0.610	†	1.276
Kamba	0.955		Same		1.057		Same
Other	0.324	**	1.044		0.664	†	1.080
Parity (CEB) (Ref: 1)
2	0.824		Same		0.746	*	Same
3+	0.368	**	0.663	†	0.455	**	Same
Age at birth of last child (Ref 15-19)
20-24	0.940		Same		1.119		Same
Marital status (Ref: Never married)
Formerly married	1.084		Same		1.515		Same
Currently married	1.147		Same		1.936	**	Same

^†p < .10; ^*p < .05; **p < .01
^aSame: The Odds ratio for None vs (Late/Early) is the same as that of (None/Late) vs Early.

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