Use of antenatal services and delivery care in Entebbe, Uganda: a community survey

Table 3 Factors associated with reported postnatal practices following the most recent pregnancy

	Proportion (%) with high score	Crude OR for high score	P value	Adjusted OR^a for high score (95% onfidence interval)	P value
Setting
Entebbe Hospital	78/115 (68%)	1	0.011^b	1	0.020^b
Other government hospitals	12/29 (41%)	0.33		0.33 (0.13, 0.83)
Private hospital	28/39 (72%)	1.21		1.02 (0.41, 2.54)
Public clinic	24/51 (47%)	0.42		0.34 (0.18, 0.63)
Traditional Birth Attendant	4/14 (29%)	0.19		0.26 (0.08, 0.82)
No trained assistance	16/35 (46%)	0.40		0.48 (0.19, 1.19)
Year of pregnancy
1999	27/48 (56%)	1	0.83^c	1	0.63^c
2000	25/43 (58%)	1.08		1.04 (0.36, 3.06)
2001	28/47 (60%)	1.15		1.29 (0.56, 3.01)
2002	28/51 (55%)	0.95		1.08 (0.35, 3.33)
2003	44/73 (60%)	1.18		1.35 (0.67, 2.72)
2004 (to March)	10/21 (48%)	0.71		0.94 (0.38, 2.36)
Age
13–25 years	66/136 (49%)	1	0.011	1	0.38
25 years or more	96/147 (65%)	1.99		1.30 (0.71, 2.37)
Gravidity
Primigravida	40/90 (44%)	1	0.029	1	0.047
Multigravida	122/193 (63%)	2.15		2.18 (1.01, 4.70)
Education
None	13/28 (46%)	1	0.12^c	1	0.70^c
Primary	80/141 (57%)	1.51		1.25 (0.52, 2.96)
Secondary	55/96 (57%)	1.55		1.02 (0.45, 2.31)
Tertiary	14/18 (78%)	4.04		2.21 (0.71, 6.89)
Possessions^c
None of specified items/bed	100/196 (51%)	1	0.004	1	0.054
Phone/motorbike/car	62/87 (71%)	2.38		1.90 (0.99, 3.63)
Electricity at home
No	84/157 (54%)	1	0.18	1	0.80
Yes	78/126 (78%)	1.41		1.07 (0.62, 1.84)
Crowding at home
3 or more	68/142 (48%)	1	<0.001	1	0.009
Less than 3 people/room	94/141 (67%)	2.18		1.96 (1.19, 3.20)

^a Adjusted for delivery care setting, age-group, gravidity, mother's education, possessions, electricity in the home and crowding. ^bTest for heterogeneity. ^cTest for trend. ^dSpecified possessions were bed, mobile phone, motorcycle and car. Crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR) and P values were computed using complex survey commands within Stata (svylogit).

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