Determinants of poor utilization of antenatal care services among recently delivered women in Rwanda; a population based study

Table 3 Associations between socio-demographic and psychosocial characteristics and poor utilization of ANC services (n = 921)^a

	n (%) with poor ANC utilization	OR^b	95% CI
Age groups (years)
15–30	72 (11.4)	1
31–46	50 (17.4)	1.64	1.11–2.42
Number of people in the household
1–6	86(11.5)	1
≥ 7	36 (21.3)	2.08	1.35–3.21
Pregnancies before the latest one
No pregnancy before	29 (10.1)	1
One or more pregnancies before	87 (14.5)	1.51	0.96–2.35
Sex of the household head
Male	104 (12.3)	1
Female	17 (24.3)	2.28	1.27–4.09
Relation with household head
Wife	80 (10.6)	1
Relationship other than wife	42 (25.3)	2.85	1.87–4.33
Marital status
Married or cohabitating	85 (11.0)	1
Single, divorced, widowed, separated	37(25.5)	2.77	1.79–4.29
Ever attended school
Yes	105 (12.7)	1
No	17 (20.2)	1.75	0.98–3.09
Social support
Yes	87 (11.9)	1
No	35 (18.8)	1.72	1.12–2.65
Time walking to ANC clinic
1–60 min	76 (12.3)	1
> 1 h	35 (12.7)	1.03	0.67–1.58
Husband’s age (years)
≤ 40	61(9.1)	1
41–70	23 (21.3)	2.69	1.58–4.57
Household assets summary measure
Improved (≥1 item)	91 (12.7)	1
Poor (none of the items)	31 (16.0)	1.30	0.83–2.03

^aPoor utilization of ANC services defined as ≤2visits during pregnancy
^bValues are crude odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals that indicate the differences in risks of poor utilization of ANC services compared to reference category (

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