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Table 3 ANC booking date and socio-demographic and clinical factors of women who deliverd or presented for hospital care leading to a pregnancy outcome in three tertiary hospitals, Bhutan, May–August 2018 (N = 868)

From: “If we miss this chance, it’s futile later on” – late antenatal booking and its determinants in Bhutan: a mixed-methods study

Categories

Early ANC Booking

(n, %)

Late ANC booking

(n, %)

Unadjusted analyses

Adjusted analyses

PR

(95% CI)

p-value

aPR

(95% CI)

p-value

Age (n = 866)

 16–17 years

2 (29)

5 (71)

1.0 (0.6–1.6)

0.944

  

 18–24 years

53 (30)

125 (70)

Ref

  

 25–34 years

183 (33)

378 (77)

1.0 (0.9–1.1)

0.468

  

  ≥ 35 years

32 (27)

88 (73)

1.0 (0.9–1.2)

0.556

  

Gravidity

 Primigravida

118 (37)

205 (63)

Ref

  

 Multigravida

153 (28)

392 (72)

1.1 (1.0–1.2)

0.012

1.0 (0.7–1.3)

0.780

Parity

 Nullipara

126 (37)

217 (63)

Ref

  

 Primipara (P1)

97 (32)

205 (68)

1.1 (1.0–1.2)

0.217

1.1 (0.8–1.5)

0.544

 Multipara (P2-P4)

46 (22)

164 (78)

1.2 (1.1–1.4)

< 0.001

1.2 (0.9–1.7)

0.251

 Grand-multipara (≥P5)

2 (15)

11 (85)

1.3 (1.0–1.7)

0.020

1.1 (0.7–1.8)

0.501

Level of education of mother (n = 866)

 None

41 (25)

124 (75)

1.3 (1.1–1.5)

0.005

1.1 (0.9–1.3)

0.189

 Non-formal education

24 (30)

57 (70)

1.2 (1.0–1.5)

0.082

1.0 (0.8–1.2)

0.958

 Primary education

26 (21)

95 (79)

1.3 (1.1–1.6)

0.001

1.2 (1.0–1.4)

0.034

 Secondary education

124 (34)

245 (66)

1.1 (1.0–1.3)

0.141

1.1 (0.9–1.3)

0.252

 Graduate education

52 (41)

74 (59)

Ref

  

 Others

2 (100)

0 (0)

0.982

Residence

 Urban

204 (37)

341 (63)

Ref

  

 Rural

67 (21)

256 (79)

1.2 (1.1–1.4)

< 0.001

1.2 (1.1–1.4)

< 0.001

Pre-existing hypertension in mother

 Yes

15 (47)

17 (53)

0.8 (0.6–1.1)

0.111

 No

256 (31)

580 (69)

Ref

  

Mother Rh negative (n = 862)

 Yes

2 (29)

5 (71)

1.0 (0.7–1.7)

0.875

 No

267 (31)

588 (69)

Ref

  

Past low birth weight baby

 Yes

1 (11)

8 (89)

1.3 (1.0–1.6)

0.031

1.1 (0.8–1.5)

0.647

 No

270 (31)

589 (69)

Ref

  

Hepatitis B infection (n = 858)

 

 Negative

264 (31)

585 (69)

Ref

0.471

  

 Positive

4 (44)

5 (56)

0.8 (0.4–1.4)

  1. PR prevalence ratio, aPR adjusted prevalence ratio, Low birth weight = Baby weighing less than 2500 g; Non-formal education = certificate level course