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Table 5 Factors independently associated with birth preparedness and complication readiness of respondents in Agnuak zone (n = 603)

From: Birth preparedness, complication readiness and associated factors among pregnant women in Agnuak zone, Southwest Ethiopia: a community based comparative cross-sectional study

Variables

BP and CR

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Well prepared

[N (%)]

Less prepared

[N (%)]

Total

[N (%)]

Residence

 Urban

104 (73.8)

299 (64.7%)

403 (66.8)

1.5 (1.1, 2.3)c

1.4 (1.1, 3.8)f

 Rural

37 (26.2)

163 (35.3)

200 (33.2)

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Women’s occupational status

Housewives

75 (53.2)

352 (76.2)

427 (70.8)

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Student

14 (9.9)

57 (12.3)

71 (11.8)

1.9 (1.2, 3.9)c

1.5 (1.1, 2.9)f

Gov’t/NGO/Self employee

23 (16.3)

19 (4.1)

42 (7.0)

5.7 (2.9, 10.9)c

2.1 (1.3, 5.9)f

Merchant

16 (11.3)

22 (4.8)

38 (6.3)

3.4 (1.7, 6.8)c

2.9(.9, 9.0)

Othera

3 (9.2)

22 (2.6)

25 (4.1)

.6 (0.1, 1.6)c

.4(.4, 2.2)

Trimester of first ANC visit

 First trimester

55 (40.4)

38 (10.9)

93 (19.2)

5.6 (3.4, 8.9)c

3.7 (1.8, 7.6)d

 Otherb

81 (59.6)

311 (89.1)

392 (80.8)

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Number of antenatal care visits

  ≥ 4 visits

128 (91.4)

261 (57.2)

389 (65.3)

7.9 (4.3, 14.8)c

1.9 (1.2, 4.3)f

  < 4 visits

12 (8.6)

195 (42.8)

207 (34.7)

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History of obstetric complication

 Yes

50 (35.5)

23 (5.0)

73 (12.1)

10.5 (6.1, 18.0)c

7.3 (3.1, 17.4)d

 No

91 (64.5)

438 (95.0)

529 (87.9)

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Knowledge status of obstetric danger signs

 

 Favourable knowledge

98 (69.5)

77 (16.7)

175 (29.0)

11.4 (7.3, 17.6)c

6.4 (3.6, 11.4)d

 Unfavourable knowledge

43 (30.5)

385 (83.3)

428 (71.0)

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Attitude of women towards BP and CR

 Favourable attitude

117 (83.0)

213 (46.1)

330 (54.7)

5.7 (3.5, 9.2)c

2.3 (1.2, 4.4)f

 Unfavourable attitude

24 (17.0)

249 (53.9)

273 (45.3)

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Wealth quintile

 1st quintile (poorest)

16 (11.3)

104 (22.5)

120 (19.9)

0.2 (0.1, 0.4)c

0.2 (0.1, 0.7)e

 2nd quintile

26 (18.4)

96 (20.8)

122 (20.2)

0.4 (0.2, 0.6)c

0.3 (0.1, 0.7)e

 3rd quintile

23 (16.3)

93 (20.1)

116 (19.2)

0.3 (0.2, 0.6)c

0.4 (0.2, 0.9)f

 4th quintile

25 (17.7)

101 (21.9)

126 (20.9)

0.3 (0.2, 0.6)c

0.4 (0.2, 1.1)

 5thquintile (wealthiest)

51 (36.2)

68 (14.7)

119 (19.7)

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  1. aFarmer, Daily laborer, house maid, b2nd trimester, 3rd trimester, cp-value ≤0.25 and candidate for multivariable logistic regression, dp-value< 0.001, ep-value < 0.01, and fp value < 0.05 in multivariable regression analysis
  2. All entries with boldface are significant