Are perceived barriers to accessing health care associated with inadequate antenatal care visits among women of reproductive age in Rwanda?

Table 2 Estimates from logistic regression assessing the relationship between perceived barriers to care and inadequate ANC visits: 2014–15 Demographic and Health Survey data

	Unadjusted relationship		Adjusted relationship
Variables	OR^c	95%CI^c	OR ^c	(95%CI) ^c
Barriers to care
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	1. 31	(1.16, 1.49) ^a	1.14	(0.99, 1.31)
Pregnancy status
Planned and wanted	Reference		Reference
Unplanned but wanted later	1.55	(1.36,1.76) ^a	1.36	(1.18,1.56) ^a
Unplanned and unwanted	1.80	(1.50,2.15) ^a	1.29	(1.06,1.57) ^b
Age
15–24 years	Reference		Reference
25–34 years	0.97	(0.85,1.10)	0.95	(0.82,1.10)
35+ years	1.26	(1.08,1.48)	0.96	(0.76,1.20)
Wealth group
Poor	Reference		Reference
Middle class	0.93	(0.79,1.09)	1.02	(0.87,1.20)
Rich	0.91	(0.80,1.05)	1.09	(0.94,1.27)
Education
No education/primary	Reference		Reference
Secondary or higher	0.72	(0.60,0.86) ^a	0.74	(0.62, 0.90) ^a
Residence
Rural	Reference
Urban	0.97	(0.81,1.16)	–
Marital status
Never in union	Reference		Reference
Married or living with partner	0.61	(0.54,0.84) ^a	0.59	(0.49, 0.72) ^a
Previously married	0.77	(0.62,0.96) ^b	0.71	(0.54, 0.94) ^b
Employment status
Not working	Reference		Reference
Skilled	0.67	(0.54,0.84) ^a	0.71	(0.56, 0.88) ^a
Unskilled	0.77	(0.62,0.96) ^b	0.68	(0.54, 0.85) ^a
Watch TV or listen radio at least once a week
No	Reference
Yes	0.86	(0.77,0.97) ^b	–
Insurance coverage
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	0.67	(0.58,0.78) ^a	0.73	(0.63, 0.85) ^a
Number of living Children	1.11	(1.08, 0.14) ^a	1.12	(1.07,1.17) ^a

OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval
^a statistically significant at 1% level of significance,
^b significant at 5% level of significance
^c All estimates (OR, CI) are weighted using sampling weights, sampling unit and strata available in the 2014–15 DHS data

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