Factors associated with the timing of antenatal clinic attendance among first-time mothers in rural southern Ghana

Table 2 Unadjusted and adjusted odd ratios of determinates of initiation of ANC attendance among first time mothers

	Unadjusted		Adjusted^b
Characteristics	OR	P-Values (95% CI)	OR	P-Value (95% CI)
Maternal Age/year
< 20	1.00		1.00
20–24	1.82(1.34–2.46)^a	< 0.001	1.62(1.18–2.24)^a	0.003
25–29	2.22(1.57–3.15)^a	< 0.001	1.64(1.08–2.48)^a	0.019
30+	2.30 (1.56–3.40)^a	< 0.001	1.80(1.15–2.82)^a	0.010
Mothers Occupation
Unemployed	1.00		1.00
Farmer	1.28(0.80–2.05)	0.296	1.27(0.78–2.06)	0.330
Artisan	1.58(1.00–2.50)	0.052	1.24(0.76–2.00)	0.388
Trader	1.13(0.78–1.65)	0.510	1.06(0.72–1.58)	0.761
Civil Servant	3.56(1.30–9.72)^a	0.013	1.87(0.62–5.60)	0.264
Student	0.86(0.62–1.19)	0.354	1.00(0.70–1.42)	0.999
Others	2.02(0.76–5.39)	0.159	2.03(0.74–5.58)	0.170
Maternal Education
No Education / Primary	1.00		1.00
JHS Level	1.36(1.04–1.78)^a	0.023	1.04(0.76–1.41)	0.729
SHS and above	2.44(1.60–3.72)^a	< 0.001	1.49(0.90–2.46)	0.307
Marital Status
Never married	1.00
Ever married	1.14(0.88–1.47)	0.319
Socio Economic Status
Poorest	1.00		1.00
Poorer	0.81(0.55–1.18)	0.270	0.94(0.63–1.39)	0.744
Poor	1.24(0.84–1.81)	0.278	1.32(0.89–2.00)	0.162
Less Poor	0.96(0.66–1.41)	0.853	1.03(0.70–1.51)	0.898
Least Poor	1.78(1.20–2.63)^a	0.004	1.43(0.95–2.17)	0.087
Household Head Level of education
No Education / Primary	1.00		1.00
JHS and above	1.43(1.12–1.82)^a	0.004	1.09(0.83–1.44)	0.519
District
Shai-Osudoku	1.00
Ningo-Prampram	0.96(0.75–1.22)	0.739

OR Odd Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, SD Standard deviation, ^astatistically significant, ^bCorrect classification rate of the model = 59.94%

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