From: Determinants of use of health facility for childbirth in rural Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia
Variables | Place of child birth | COR (95 % C.I) | AOR (95 % C.I) | P-value | |
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HF n (%) | Home n (%) | ||||
Age (years) | |||||
< 25 | 50 (40.7) | 73 (59.3) | 3.4 [1.9–4.8]* | 1.9 [1.1–3.6] | 0.035 |
25–29 | 95 (29.8) | 224 (70.2) | 1.9 [1.3–2.7]* | 1.3 [0.8–2.0] | 0.333 |
30 and above | 56 (18.4) | 252 (81.6) | ref | ||
Educational status | |||||
No education and primary | 125 (19.8) | 507 (80.2) | ref | ||
Secondary and above | 77 (64.7) | 42 (35.3) | 7.4 [4.9–11.4]* | 2.3 [1.3–3.9] | 0.004 |
Husband’s educational status | |||||
No education and primary | 93 (19.3) | 388 (80.7) | ref | ||
Secondary and above | 105 (42.3) | 143 (57.7) | 3.0 [2.2–4.3]* | 1.3 [0.8–2.0] | 0.274 |
Possession of radio | |||||
Yes | 140 (39.3) | 216 (60.7) | 3.5 [2.5–4.9]* | 1.3 [0.8–2.1] | 0.315 |
No | 62 (15.7) | 333 (84.3) | ref | ||
4 or more ANC visits | |||||
Yes | 146 (45.6) | 174 (54.4) | 4.9 [3.4–7.1]* | 2.7 [1.7–4.1] | <0.001 |
No | 52 (14.6) | 305 (85.4) | ref | ||
Place of recent ANC attended | |||||
Health post | 65 (18.3) | 290 (81.7) | ref | ||
HC and hospital | 133 (41.3) | 189 (58.7) | 3.1 [2.2–4.4]* | 1.8 [1.2–2.7] | 0.009 |
Last pregnancy planned | |||||
Yes | 152 (40.9) | 220 (59.1) | 4.5 [3.2–6.5]* | 2.4 [1.5–3.8] | <0.001 |
No | 50 (13.2) | 329 (86.8) | ref | ||
Birth preparedness and complication readiness | |||||
Yes | 190 (32.8) | 390 (67.2) | 6.4 [3.5–11.9]* | 1.9 [0.9–4.1] | 0.091 |
No | 12 (7.0) | 159 (93.0) | ref | ||
Model family | |||||
Yes | 60 (41.1) | 86 (58.9) | 2.3 [1.6–3.3]* | 1.7 [1.1–2.7] | 0.043 |
No | 142 (23.5) | 463 (76.5) | ref | ||
Distance from the nearest HF | |||||
< 2kms | 60 (45.1) | 73 (54.9) | 5.9 [2.6–13.4]* | 3.1 [1.2–7.9] | 0.022 |
2–4kms | 134 (24.3) | 418 (75.7) | 2.3 [1.1–5.0]* | 1.7 [0.7–4.2] | 0.23 |
> 4kms | 8 (12.1) | 58 (87.9) | ref | ||
Wealth quintile | |||||
Poorest | 8 (5.3) | 142 (94.7) | ref | ||
Poor | 18 (12.6) | 125 (87.4) | 2.6 [1.1–6.1]* | 1.6 [0.6–4.1] | 0.312 |
Middle | 35 (21.2) | 123 (78.8) | 5.0 [2.2–11.3]* | 1.9 [0.8–4.7] | 0.158 |
Rich | 56 (36.1) | 99 (63.9) | 10.0 [4.6–22.0]* | 3.4 [1.4–8.4] | 0.008 |
Richest | 85 (58.6) | 60 (41.4) | 25.1 [11.5–55.1]* | 4.3 [1.7–11.1] | 0.003 |