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Table 3 Hierarchical Logistic Regression analysis of women’s individual attributes and their social network variables predicting facility delivery (N = 274)

From: Women’s social networks and use of facility delivery services for uncomplicated births in North West Ethiopia: a community-based case-control study

Variables

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)

Model I

Model II

Age of respondents

.92(.82–1.14)

.94(.86–1.03)

Educational level

 No education®

1

1

 Primary (1–8)

.95(.29–3.12)

.54(.25–1.19)

 High school and above

3.79 (2.31–23.04)*

8.07(1.36–17.64)*

Husband’s educational status

 Illiterate®

1

1

 Literate

2.20(.62–5.05)

1.70((.84–3.43)

Residence

 Rural®

1

1

 Urban

2.75(.86–8.77)

3.32(1.37–8.05)**

Parity

 1–2 children®

1

1

 3–4 children

.22(.04–1.09)

.85(.38–1.92)

  > = 5 children

1.91(.08–4.36)

2.35(.57–9.73)

Use of ANC

 No®

1

1

 Yes

4.33(.85–2.13)

1.86(.83–4.17)

Knowledge of obstetric complications

 Limited ®

1

1

 Better knowledge

2.31(.70–7.63)

3.01(1.46–6.18)**

 Household autonomy

.63(.21–1.92)

1.47(.61–3.52)

 Network size

1.29(1.16–1.45)***

Network tie strength

 Weak®

 

1

 Strong

.73(.35–1.55)

Network homogeneity

 Less homogeneous ®

 

1

 Homogeneous

2.53(1.26–5.06)**

SBA endorsement

 Low ®

 

1

 High

7.97(4.07–12.16)***

Network neighborhood

 Non-neighbor®

 

1

 Neighbor

1.65(.85–3.36)

 Model G2 (−2log likelihood)

313.836

245.685

 Degree of freedom

10

15

 Changed Chi-square

95.731***

134.116***

  1. ® reference category, *P < .05, ** P < .01, *** P < .001