Table 4 Socio-demographic, obstetric and antenatal care factors predicting knowledge of obstetric danger signs among recently-delivered women, Chamwino district, Tanzania, January, 2014 (N = 428)
Variable knowledge on obstetrics danger signs | COR (95%: CI) | AOR (95%: CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes N (%) | No N (%) | |||
Age | ||||
< 20 | 5 (04.63) | 36 (11.25) | 0.38 (0.15, 0.97) | 0.30 (0.07, 1.32) |
≥ 20 | 103 (95.37) | 284 (88.75) | 1.00 | |
Marital status | ||||
Living with spouse | 88 (81.48) | 244 (76.25) | 1.37 (0.79,2.36) | |
Not living with spouse | 20 (18.52) | 76 (23.75) | 1.00 | |
Educational status | ||||
Primary and above | 91 (84.26) | 108 (08.13) | 2.50 (1.43,4.40) | 1.96 (1.01,3.82) |
No education | 17 (15.74) | 102 (31.87) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Occupation | ||||
Employed | 32 (29.63) | 42 (13.12) | 2.79 (1.65,4.70) | 2.23 (1.1, 4.52) |
Others | 76 (70.37) | 278 (86.88) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Spouse’s educational status | ||||
Employed | 9 (16.98) | 79 (28.21) | 0.52 (0.25, 1.10) | |
Unemployed | 44 (83.02) | 201 (71.79) | 1.00 | |
Spouse’s occupation status | ||||
Employed | 25 (28.41) | 27 (11.02) | 3.20 (1.75,5.88) | 2.10 (1.02, 4.32) |
Unemployed | 63 (71.59) | 218 (88.98) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Monthly income (Tsh) | ||||
≥ 50,000/= | 16 (14.81) | 31 (09.69) | 1.62 (0.86,3.08) | 0.98 (0.45, 2.11) |
< 50,000/= | 92 (85.19) | 289 (90.31) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Parity | ||||
1 | 23 (21.30) | 85 (26.56) | 0.75 (0.45, 1.26) | |
≥ 2 | 85 (78.70) | 235 (73.44) | 1.00 | |
No. of ANC visits | ||||
1 visit | 13 (12.04) | 37 (11.56) | 1.00 | |
2–3 visits | 13 (12.04) | 49 (15.31) | 0.75 (0.31, 1.82) | |
≥ 4 visits | 82 (75.92) | 234 (73.13) | 1.01 (0.51, 2.00) | |
Counseling about danger signs | ||||
Yes | 100 (92.59) | 263 (81.88) | 2.77 (1.30, 5.90) | 3.42 (1.36, 8.62) |
No | 8 (07.41) | 57 (18.12) | 1.00 | 1.00 |