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

Table 3 Odds ratio of various covariates on type of delivery assistance among young women in Kenya

	Panel A: Bivariate				Panel B: Multivariate
	TrueNone vs (TBA/SPa)		True (None/TBA) vs SP		TrueNone vs (TBA/SP)		True (None/TBA) vs SP
	Col. 1		Col. 2		Col. 3		Col. 4
Place of residence (Ref: Urban)
Rural	0.942	**	0.264	**	0.791	**	0.561	**
Household wealth (Ref: Poor)
Medium	1.400	**	2.726	**	1.157		1.540	**
Rich	4.285	**	8.256	**	3.033	**	3.033
Education (Ref: Primary)
None	0.978		0.243	**	1.602	**	0.359	**
Secondary+	2.864	**	Same^b		1.776	**	Same
Ethnicity (Ref: Kikuyu)
Luhya	0.627	*	0.165	**	0.890		0.200	**
Luo	1.402		0.307	**	1.681	*	0.284	**
Kamba	0.556	**	0.211	**	0.667	†	0.218	**
Other	0.475	**	0.184	**	0.671	*	0.391	**
Parity (CEB) (Ref: 1)
2	0.530	**	0.386	**	0.456	**	Same
3+	0.419	**	0.219	**	0.378	**	Same
Age at birth of last child (Ref 15-19)
20-24	0.925		Same		1.600	**	1.130
Marital status (Ref: Never married)
Formerly married	1.821	**	Same		0.892		Same
Currently married	1.792	**	Same		1.071		Same
Timing of ANC (Ref: None)
Late	1.338	†	4.133	**	1.123		2.053	**
Early	1.897	**	6.611	**	1.592	†	3.524	**

†p < .10; *p < .05; **p < .01
^aSP: Skilled Professional
^bSame: The odds ratio for None vs (TBA/SP) is the same as that of (None/TBA) vs SP.

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