Influencing factors associated with the mode of birth among childbearing women in Hunan Province: a cross-sectional study in China

Table 3 Results of multivariate logistic regression of factors influencing mode of birth preference^a

	OR	95.0 % CI for OR
		Lower	Upper
Age	1.1	1.1	1.2
Prenatal examination (reference: normal)	2.0	1.4	2.4
Doctors’ suggestion (reference: no suggestion)
Suggest CS	0.8	0.5	1.2
Suggest VB	5.2	2.7	10.0
No option clearly expressed	0.8	0.5	1.6
Constant	0.01

Note: ^aMode of birth preference was set as the dependent variable (VB = 0, CS = 1)
Variables entered into multivariate model included age, woman’s place of household registration, history of abortion, result of prenatal examination, doctors’ suggestion, self-assessed health status and whether the mother had health insurance

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