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Table 6 Result of logistic regression showing postnatal care utilization by selected background characteristics and husbands knowledge of pregnancy complications

From: What he knows about her and how it affects her? Husband’s knowledge of pregnancy complications and maternal health care utilization among tribal population in Maharashtra, India

Background characteristics

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

AOR

95 %CI

AOR

95 %CI

AOR

95 %CI

Current age

 19–24®

         

 25–29

1.618

0.898

2.915

   

1.813*

0.946

3.477

 >  29

1.038

0.549

1.963

   

1.012

0.506

2.021

Education

 Illiterate®

         

 Primary

1.364

0.699

2.661

   

1.112

0.535

2.312

 Secondary

3.245***

1.830

5.754

   

2.026**

1.073

3.823

 Graduation and above

10.315***

4.003

26.578

   

4.765**

1.630

13.930

Current occupation

 Agriculture®

         

 Agriculture labours

0.810

0.461

1.423

   

1.481

0.792

2.770

 Govt./Private employees

1.086

0.484

2.437

   

1.048

0.423

2.599

 Others

0.971

0.370

2.544

   

0.921

0.312

2.713

Type of family

 Nuclear family®

         

 Joint family

0.633*

0.395

1.013

   

0.745

0.446

1.245

Type of tribes

 Gond®

         

 Madiya

0.666

0.407

1.089

   

0.883

0.515

1.515

Type of marriage

 Arrange marriage®

         

 Love marriage

1.824*

0.995

3.347

   

1.739

0.895

3.379

Wealth index

 Rich®

         

 Middle

0.580*

0.328

1.025

   

0.695

0.373

1.295

 Poor

0.608*

0.338

1.095

   

0.845

0.443

1.612

knowledge of complications during pregnancy

 No knowledge®

         

 Partial knowledge

   

1.442

0.581

3.583

1.624

0.630

4.186

 Complete knowledge

   

2.424

0.826

7.112

2.148

0.684

6.741

knowledge of complications during delivery

 No knowledge®

         

 Partial knowledge

   

1.290

0.490

3.395

1.049

0.383

2.877

 Complete knowledge

   

1.126

0.387

3.272

0.905

0.294

2.787

knowledge of complications after delivery

 No knowledge®

         

 Partial knowledge

   

4.843***

2.731

8.587

4.837***

2.571

9.101

 Complete knowledge

   

10.172***

4.403

23.500

7.161***

2.854

17.968

  1. Note: ® is the reference category, level of significance * p-value of < 0.05, **p-value of < 0.01, ***p-value of < 0.001