Table 4 Associations between delivering a child at private facilities and household sociodemographic characteristics

Household characteristics

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

  Second poorest

1.39 (0.60–2.94)

1.40 (0.78–2.49)

2.94** (1.52–5.69)

  Middle

1.23 (0.56–2.72)

2.28* (1.28–4.07)

7.36** (3.74–14.47)

  Second richest

2.17* (1.08–4.37)

4.28** (2.32–7.88)

8.16** (4.22–15.79)

  Richest

3.31** (1.54–7.09)

7.27** (3.91–13.54)

8.34** (3.97–17.42)

  Janajati

1.58 (0.71–3.50)

1.16 (0.72–1.86)

1.91* (1.16–3.15)

  Brahmin/Chhetri

1.91 (0.98–3.72)

1.33 (0.78–2.26)

1.69* (1.01–2.82)

  Other

1.68 (0.65–4.33)

1.09 (0.54–2.23)

1.48 (0.86–2.57)

Mother’s years of schooling

1.22** (1.17–1.27)

1.09** (1.04–1.14)

1.11** (1.07–1.16)

Mother’s age

1.00 (0.97–1.04)

1.01 (0.98–1.04)

1.03* (1.00–1.06)

Female household head

1.88* (1.19–2.97)

1.14 (0.79–1.63)

0.78 (0.57–1.05)

Rural residence

1.12 (0.65–1.93)

0.81 (0.56–1.18)

1.19 (0.82–1.72)

  Hill

1.06 (0.42–2.68)

1.11 (0.64–1.93)

3.46** (1.59–7.52)

  Terai

2.14 (0.85–5.35)

2.49** (1.42–4.35)

4.20** (1.88–9.38)