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Table 3 Factors associated with antenatal care service utilization among women who gave birth five years before Ethiopian demographic health survey 2016 (N=7591)

From: Prevalence and factors associated with antenatal care utilization in Ethiopia: an evidence from demographic health survey 2016

  

Antenatal care utilization

COR [95%CI]

AOR [95%CI]

p-value

Variables

 

No

Yes

   

Respondents education

No education

2211

2580

1

1

 

Primary

573

1577

2.3 (2.1, 2.6)*

1.8 (1.2, 2.6)**

0.001

Secondary

32

388

10 (7.2, 14.0)*

4.4 (1.1, 17.3)**

0.001

Higher

30

200

5.7 (0.8, 6.8)

4.7 (0.3, 7.8)

 

Frequency of listening radio

Not at all

2329

3162

1

1

 

Less than 1/week

237

793

2.4 (2.1, 2.8)*

1.9 (1.12, 3.34)**

0.002

At least 1/week

252

817

2.3 (2.0, 2.7)*

2.6 (1.4, 4.8)**

0.001

Wealth index

Poorest

857

794

1

1

 

Poorer

719

935

1.4 (1.2, 1.6)*

1.2 (0.7, 1.7)

 

Middle

592

996

1.8 (1.5, 2.0)*

1.0 (0.6, 1.7)

 

Rich

460

967

2.2 (1.9,2.9)*

1.9 (1.1, 3.2)**

0.001

Richest

191

1079

6.1 (5.0,7.3)*

0.9 (0.3, 2.2)

 

Religion

Orthodox

852

2030

1

1

 

Protestant

632

1091

0.72 (0.63,0.82)*

0.9 (0.6,1.5)

 

Muslim

1271

1573

0.52 (0.47,0.58)*

0.7 (0.5,1.1)

 

Traditional belief

83

77

0.39 (0.28,0.53)*

0.1 (0.02,0.49)**

0.001

Total number of alive children

1–2

766

2104

1

1

 

3–4

814

1330

0.59 (0.52,0.62)*

1.1 (0.7, 1.2)

 

5 and above

1220

1307

0.39 (0.34,0.43)*

0.6 (0.3, 0.9)**

0.003

  1. Key - *= statistically significant at binary logistic regression ,1 = References group, CI confidence Interval, COR rude Odds Ratio, AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, ANC Ante-Natal Care