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Table 4 Multinomial logistic regression of delivery at a public, private or NGO facility (McFadden’s choice model)

From: The influence of travel time on emergency obstetric care seeking behavior in the urban poor of Bangladesh: a GIS study

 

Type of delivery facility

Public

Private

NGO

Variables

Adjusted odds ratio (95 % Confident Interval)a

Age at first birth

1.185*** (1.085–1.295)

1.240*** (1.122–1.370)

1.056 (0.953–1.170)

Religion

0.362*** (0.173–0.755)

0.271*** (0.120–0.612)

0.442** (0.214–0.913)

Mother’s education

2.565*** (1.256–5.239)

6.047*** (1.844–19.832)

5.565*** (2.286–13.546)

Access to media

1.275 (0.508–3.197)

7.052** (1.558–31.913)

0.875 (0.351–2.182)

Desired pregnancy

1.163 (0.576–2.348)

0.706 (0.321–1.549)

0.516* (0.263–1.013)

Birth order

0.924 (0.673–1.267)

0.716* (0.496–1.033)

0.969 (0.695–1.350)

Previous stillbirth

1.204 (0.465–3.113)

2.685* (0.959–7.524)

1.837 (0.684–4.936)

Per-capita income

1.160* (0.993–1.356)

1.114 (0.917–1.353)

1.060 (0.900–1.248)

Mother’s occupation

2.197** (1.018–4.744)

1.694 (0.554–5.182)

1.028 (0.440–2.400)

Observations

514

Log Likelihood

−4594

  1. * p < 0.1; ** p < 0.05; *** p < 0.01. Bold text indicate values statistically significant to p < 0.1
  2. aUse of clustered standard errors did not affect the significance levels of the estimated coefficients