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Table 4 Association of participants’ characteristics with postnatal home visit receipt, rural Tigray, northern Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 705)

From: Postnatal home visits by health extension workers in rural areas of Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study design

Characteristics of respondents

Received PNHVs

Crude Odds Ratio

Adjusted Odds Ratio

Yes (%)

No (%)

Odds ratio

95% CI

Odds ratio

95% CI

Educational status of the mother

 No education

34 (12.0)

250 (88.0)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Primary Education

31 (12.4)

219 (87.6)

1.04

0.62–1.75

0.86

0.48–1.57

 Secondary education. and above

37 (21.6)

134 (78.4)

2.03

1.22–3.38

1.56

0.85–2.87

Model household status

 Did not hear and/not model family

59 (12.7)

407 (87.3)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Yes/certified or non-certified model family

20 (29.0)

49 (71.0)

2.82

1.56–5.07

1.24

0.61–2.52

 Working towards model family

23 (13.5)

147 (86.5)

1.08

0.64–1.81

0.73

0.40–1.33

ANC visit by HEW (at least1)

 No

9 (3.1)

278 (96.9)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Yes

93 (22.2)

325 (77.8)

8.84

4.38–17.85

7.49*

3.55–15.80

HEWs cell phone available

 No

34 (8.9)

346 (91.1)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Yes

68 (20.9)

257 (79.10

2.69

1.73–4.19

1.31

0.78–2.21

Participation in Pregnant women forum

 No

15 (4.7)

306 (95.3)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Yes

87 (22.7)

297 (77.3)

5.98

3.38–10.58

3.16*

1.67–5.99

Community health insurance membership

 No

51 (10.7)

425 (89.3)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Yes

51 (22.3)

178 (77.7)

2.39

1.56–3.66

1.87*

1.13–3.10

Birth notification

 No

19 (4.7)

387 (95.3)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Yes

83 (27.8)

216 (72.2)

7.83

4.63–13.24

6.16*

3.50–10.84

Time taken to Health post

  < 30 min

81 (16.2)

420 (83.8)

1.00

   

 30–1 h

16 (10)

144 (90)

0.58

0.33–1.02

0.73

0.38–1.39

  > 1 h

5 (11.4)

39 (88.6)

0.66

0.25–1.74

0.92

0.30–2.81