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Table 3 Factors associated with knowledge of key obstetric danger sign during pregnancy, labour and postpartum in Goba district, Ethiopia, April 2013

From: Knowledge of obstetric danger signs among child bearing age women in Goba district, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

AOR (95% CI) for knowledge about danger signs of pregnancy

AOR (95% CI) for knowledge about danger signs during labor

AOR (95% CI) for knowledge about danger signs in postnatal period

Residence

   

Urban

1.32 (0.76, 2.30)

2.2 (1.26, 3.97)*

1.6 (0.89,2.94)

Rural

1

1

1

Age

   

<20

1

  

20-24

0.61 (0.32, 1.17)

  

25-29

0.70 (0.38, 1.28)

**

**

30-34

0.31 (0.16, 0.74)

  

> = 35

0.90 (0.45, 1.82)

  

Marital status

   

In marital union

**

**

0.06 (0.01, 12.03)

Not in marital union

  

1

Educational status of mother

   

Cannot read and write

1

1

1

Read and write

0.82 (0.22, 3.00)

1.3 (0.35, 4.87)

0.6 (0.13, 3.29)

Primary

1.13 (0.65, 1.96)

1.5 (0.82, 2.76)

1.2 (0.67, 2.35)

Secondary and above

1.63 (0.78, 3.42)

2.4 (1.07, 5.41)*

1.2 (0.55, 2.91)

Educational status of husband

   

Cannot read and write

1

1

1

Read and write

5.71 (2.07, 15.76)*

4.6 (1.57, 13.73)*

3.0 (1.07, 8.70)*

Primary

1.66 (0.80, 3.45)

1.4 (0.65, 3.22)

1.0 (0.50, 2.40)

Secondary and above

2.40 (1.01, 5.69)*

1.6 (0.65, 4.18)

1.6 (0.66, 4.18)

Occupation of mother

   

Housewife

1

1

1

Gov’t. employee

1.51 (0.51, 4.45)

3.6 (1.14, 11.75)*

2.1 (0.70, 6.38)

Private employee

0.83 (0.21, 3.16)

0.7 (0.16, 3.10)

0.6 (0.12, 3.22)

Merchant

0.71 (0.31, 1.59)

1.7 (0.46, 2.45)

1.2 (0.52, 2.94)

Daily laborer

0.52 (0.41, 6.61)

4.0 (0.29, 55. 56)

0.9 (0.06, 11.84)

Occupation of Husband

   

Farmer

1

1

1

Gov’t Employee

1.24 (0.60, 2.55)

1.0 (0.50, 2.30)

1.2 (0.57, 2.78)

Merchants

1.70 (0.90, 3.23)

1.3 (0.70, 2.73)

0.9 (0.44, 1.88)

Others

1.42 (0.66, 3.02)

1.20 (0.54, 2.70)

0.9 (0.40, 2.19)

Distance from nearest HF

   

<15 minutes

0.62 (0.38, 1.02)

0.6 (0.37, 1.10)

0.5 (0.32, 0.97)*

15-30minutes

1.68 (1.04, 2.71)*

2.09 (1.26, 3.44)*

1.4 (0.86, 2.40)

>30 minutes

1

1

1

ANC follow up

   

Yes

2.56 (1.24, 5.25)*

2.54 (1.14, 5.66)*

**

No

1

1

 

Number of pregnancy

   

One

**

1

1

Two –Four

 

0.82 (0.49, 1.36)

0.7 (0.44, 1.23)

> = Five

 

0.87 (0.47, 1.63)

0.4 (0.25,0.95)*

Place of delivery

   

Home

1

1

1

Health institution

0.80 (0.50, 1.28)

0.6 (0.40, 1.11)

0.9 (0.54, 1.52)

  1. *Adjusted for all other variables in the table.
  2. **Indicating the p-value of the variable considered in that specific cell was greater than 0.05 which was not a candidate for multiple logistic regression.