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Table 4 Multivariate logistic regression for predictors of home delivery among mothers employed in paid work

From: Mothers employed in paid work and their predictors for home delivery in Pakistan

Characteristic

AORa (95% CI)

p-value

Province

 Baluchistan

1.63 (1.42–1.88)

< 0.001

 KPK

1.73 (1.46–2.05)

< 0.001

 Sindh

0.87 (0.78–0.98)

0.021

 Punjab

1

 

Region

 Rural

1.26 (0.94–1.71)

0.122

 Urban

1

 

Marital status

 Divorced/separated/widowed

0.62 (0.25–1.49)

0.282

 Married

1

 

Mother’s occupation

 Unskilled

2.61 (1.76–3.88)

< 0.001

 Semi-skilled

1.23 (0.94–1.61)

0.121

 Skilled

1

 

Husband’s education

 No formal schooling

1.70 (1.08–2.66)

0.020

 Primary

1.16 (0.85–1.58)

0.335

 Secondary

1.10 (0.79–1.54)

0.551

 Higher

1

 

Husband’s occupation

 Unemployed

1.69 (1.21–2.35)

0.002

 Unskilled

2.02 (1.49–2.72)

< 0.001

 Semi-skilled

0.52 (0.19–1.37)

0.518

 Skilled

1

 

Total children born

 7 or more

1.57 (1.05–2.35)

0.026

 4–6

0.92 (0.65–1.32)

0.682

 1–3

1

 

Head of household

 Father/other

1.07 (0.58–1.97)

0.816

 Husband

1.00 (0.77–1.30)

0.978

 Self

1

 

Number of prenatal visits during pregnancy

 None

4.84 (3.53–6.65)

< 0.001

 At least one

1

 

Prenatal assistance from physician

 No

3.98 (3.03–5.20)

< 0.001

 Yes

1

 

Urine analysis taken during pregnancy

 No

2.48 (1.84–3.33)

< 0.001

 Yes

1

 

Blood analysis taken during pregnancy

 No

2.63 (1.95–3.57)

< 0.001

 Yes

1

 

Given/bought iron tablets during pregnancy

 No

2.64 (2.06–3.38)

< 0.001

 Yes

1

 

Decision-maker for spending respondent’s earning

 Husband or elders

1.82 (1.27–2.59)

0.001

 Husbands, elders and self jointly

1.88 (1.29–2.73)

0.001

 Self

1

 

Decision-maker for respondent’s healthcare

 ‘Self and husband’ or ‘self and other’

1.12 (0.75–1.65)

0.058

 Self

1

 
  1. aMultivariate logistic regression analysis was carried out to obtain AOR after controlling for mother’s age (continuous variable), education (categorical variable) and wealth status (categorical variable)