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Table 4 Odds Ratio of women, 5 years preceding the survey, giving births at home instead of any health facility

From: Decision-making for birth location among women in Pakistan: evidence from national survey

Indicators

Model-1

Model-2

Model-3

Model-4

 

LR Test:

P-value = 0.000

LR Test:

P-value =0.000

LR Test:

P-value = 0.000

LR Test:

P-value = 0.000

Education of Woman (No education)R

 Primary

0.492*** (0.425,0.571)

0.503*** (0.434,0.583)

0.513*** (0.442, 0.595)

0.686*** (0.585,0.805)

 Secondary

0.261*** (0.224,0.304)

0.270*** (0.231,0.314)

0.277*** (0.273, 0.323)

0.445*** (0.375, 0.527)

 Higher

0.108***(0.083,0.139)

0.109*** (0.084,0.141)

0.110*** (0.085, 0.142)

0.206***(0.157,0.271)

Education of Husband (No education)R

 Primary

0.726*** (0.619,0.852)

0.734*** (0.625,0.861)

0.743*** (0.633,0..873)

0.855*(0.722,1.013)

 Secondary

0.616*** (0.540, 0.702)

0.633*** (0.554,0.723)

0.635*** (0.556,0.725)

0.694*** (0.602, 0.799)

 Higher

0.521***(0.442,0.616)

0.542***(0.458,0.640)

0.538*** (0.455,0.636)

0.644*** (0.537,0.773)

Decision of woman’s medical treatment (Others)R

 Self

0.834*** (0.750,0.926)

0.824*** (0.741,0.917)

0.809*** (0.726,0.900)

0.812*** (0.731, 0.919)

Woman Occupation (No work)R

 Agriculture

 

1.656*** 1.325,2.069)

1.648*** (1.319,2.060)

1.556*** (1.224,1.979)

 Sales

 

1.177* (0.976,1.421)

1.157 (0.958,1.397)

1.256** (1.030,1.532)

 Others

 

0.977(0.776,1.230)

0.975 (0.774,1.228)

1.167 (0.913, 1.491)

Age (15–24)R

 25–34

  

1.777** (1.035,1.339)

1.249*** (1.091,1.4302)

 35–49

  

1.236*** (1.061,1.440)

1.353*** (1.152,1.588)

Economic Status (Poor)R

 Middle

   

0.723*** (0.620,0.843)

 Rich

   

0.441*** (0.371, 0.525)

Region (Punjab)R

 Sindh

   

0.456***(0.386, 0.538)

 KPK

   

1.103 (0.938,1.297)

 Baluchistan

   

2.565***(2.118,3.107)

 GB

   

0.761** (0.613,0.943)

Residence (Urban)R

 Rural

   

1.323*** (1.156,1.513)

Transport Availability (Problem)R

    

0.852**(0.738,0.984)

Travelling Alone (Problem)R

    

0.826***(0.732,1.037)

 Constant

2.432***

2.274***

1.983***

1.947***

 Hosmer-Lemeshow test (P-value)

0.513

0.172

0.259

0.319

  1. *10% level of significance;**5% level of significance; ***1% level of significance
  2. () Confidence Interval at 95% level of significance