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Table 3 Crude, adjusted odds ratios and 95 % CI associated with adoption of beneficial newborn care practices among mothers in Luuka and Buyende health sub-district, 2011

From: Factors associated with adoption of beneficial newborn care practices in rural Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Maternal characteristics

Beneficial newborn care (n = 189)

  

N = 1,616

N = 1573

 

N

n (%)

Crude OR (95 % CI)

P-value

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)

P-Value

Age group (N = 1512)

   

0.442

  

  ≤ 24

567

64 (11.3)

1.00

   

 25–34

622

74 (11.9)

0.83 (0.59, 1.16)

0.272

  

  ≥ 35

323

42 (13.0)

0.80 (0.54, 1.19)

0.274

  

Marital Status

   

0.112

  

 Not married

144

11 (7.6)

1.00

   

 Married

1,472

178 (12.1)

1.66 (0.89, 3.13)

0.112

  

Education

   

0.054

  

 No education

194

27 (15.5)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Primary

1,096

136 (70.9)

1.14 (0.73, 1.78)

0.56

0.83 (0.51, 1.35)

0.457

 Secondary or higher

326

26 (13.6)

1.86 (1.05, 3.28)

0.03

0.98 (0.52, 1.86)

0.973

Occupation

   

0.089

  

 Salaried or business

113

6 (5.3)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Laborer or peasant farmer

1,357

166 (12.2)

0.40 (0.18, 0.91)

0.028

0.54 (0.23, 1.28)

0.163

 House wife or others

146

17 (11.6)

0.43 (0.17, 1.10)

0.076

0.57 (0.21, 1.58)

0.282

Husband’s Education Status

   

0.002

  

 No education

292

27 (9.2)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Primary

782

114 (14.6)

0.60 (0.39, 0.93)

0.021

0.63 (0.39, 0.99)

0.045

 Secondary or higher

542

48 (8.9)

1.05 (0.64, 1.71)

0.851

0.89 (0.53, 1.50)

0.652

Attended ANC

   

0.241

  

 No

33

6 (18.2)

1.00

   

 Yes

1,583

183 (11.6)

1.70 (0.71, 4.07)

0.241

  

Number of ANC Attendances (n = 1,583)a

   

0.001**

  

 1-2

303

55 (18.1)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 3-4

979

99 (10.1)

2.00 (1.41, 2.86)

0.001*

1.69(1.13, 2.52)

0.010

 5+

301

29 (9.6)

2.03 (1.26, 3.28)

0.003

1.47(0.86, 2.54)

0.159

Trimester at first ANC Visit (n = 1,573)a

   

0.076

  

 Trimester 1

564

52 (9.2)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Trimester 2

889

112 (12.6)

0.70 (0.49, 0.99)

0.047

0.82 (0.57, 1.20)

0.311

 Trimester 3

130

19 (14.6)

0.59 (0.33, 1.04)

0.067

1.07 (0.56, 2.03)

0.837

Parity

   

0.761

  

 1

232

24 (10.3)

1.00

   

 2–4

658

80 (12.2)

0.83 (0.52, 1.35)

0.459

  

 5+

726

85 (11.7)

0.87 (0.54, 1.40)

0.569

  

Delivery Mode

   

0.036c

  

 Assisted

47

1 (2.1)

1.00

   

 Normal delivery

1,569

188 (12.0)

6.26 (1.10, 35.55)

0.036c

4.83 (0.65,35.78)

0.123

Skilled Delivery

   

0.001**

  

 No

433

93 (21.5)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Yes

1,183

96 (8.1)

3.10 (2.27, 4.22)

0.001**

2.66 (1.92, 3.69)

0.001**

Distance to Facility (N = 462)b

   

0.157

  

  > 5 km

232

14 (6.0)

1.00

   

  < =5 km

230

22 (9.6)

0.61 (0.31, 1.21)

0.157

  

Socio-economic Status

   

0.001*

  

 Low

480

78 (16.2)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Middle

691

69 (10.0)

1.75 (1.24, 2.47)

0.002

1.57 (1.09, 2.26)

0.015

 High

445

42 (9.4)

1.86 (1.25, 2.78)

0.002

1.39 (0.90, 2.14)

0.131

Health Sub-District

   

0.005

  

 Luuka

797

75 (9.4)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Buyende

819

114 (13.9)

0.64 (0.47, 0.87)

0.005

0.71 (0.51, 0.99)

0.042

  1. aPercentages are expressed out of those who attended antenatal care at their last pregnancy
  2. bOnly 462 (28.6 %) of 1,616 women knew the distance to the health facility where they delivered from. We have included these women only in the bivariate analysis
  3. cThe p-value is based on Fisher’s exact chi2 test; 95 % CI are test based
  4. The Odds ratio (Crude and Adjusted), and the p-values are based on the likelihood ratio test
  5. *Statistically significant (p < 0.001)
  6. **highly statistically significant (p < 0.0001)