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Table 3 Factors associated with health facility delivery among women in Kanungu and Rukungiri districts

From: Factors associated with health facility deliveries among mothers living in hospital catchment areas in Rukungiri and Kanungu districts, Uganda

Variables

Place of delivery

Crude PR (95% CI)

Adjusted PRs (95% CIs)

P value

Home (N = 88)

health facility (N = 806)

District

 Rukungiri

26 (5.7)

427 (94.3)

1

1

 

 Kanungu

62 (14.1)

379 (85.9)

1.10 (1.05–1.15)*

1.10 (1.05–1.15)*

<  0.001

Age of mother

 16–25

35 (7.8)

412 (92.2)

1

1

 

 26–35

39 (10.5)

331 (89.5)

0.97 (0.93–1.01)

1.00 (0.94–1.06)

0.972

 36–45

14 (18.2)

63 (81.8)

0.89 (080–0.99)*

0.94 (0.83–1.07)

0.348

Education status of mothers

 None

9 (13.0)

60 (87.0)

0.99 (0.90–1.10)

  

 Primary

62 (12.6)

430 (87.4)

1

  

 Secondary

14 (5.6)

238 (94.4)

1.08 (1.03–1.13)*

  

 Tertiary

3 (3.7)

78 (96.3)

1.10 (1.04–1.16)*

  

Marital status

 Married or cohabiting

74 (9.4)

711 (90.6)

1

  

 Single

10 (14.9)

57 (85.1)

0.94 (0.85–1.04)

  

 Divorced/separated

04 (9.5)

38 (90.5)

1.00 (0.90–1.10)

  

Occupation

 Peasant farmers

79 (11.9)

587 (88.1)

1

1

 

 Business person

05 (3.9)

123 (96.1)

1.09 (1.04–1.14)*

1.06 (1.01–1.11)*

0.023

 Employed

4 (‘4.0)

96 (96.0)

1.09 (1.03–1.14)*

1.05 (0.99–1.10)+

0.080

Parity

 1–2

31 (6.3)

464 (93.7)

1

1

 

 3–4

34 (13.1)

225 (86.9)

0.93 (0.88–0.98)*

0.93 (0.88–0.99)*

0.046

  ≥ 5

23 (16.4)

117 (83.6)

0.89 (0.83–0.96)*

0.93 (0.85–1.02)

0.156

Distance to the nearest facility (Km)

  < 5

56 (8.6)

593 (91.4)

1

  

  ≥ 5

32 (13.1)

213 (86.9)

0.95 (0.90–1.00)+

  

Wealth quintile

 Lowest

27 (15.1)

152 (84.9)

1

1

 

 Second

17 (9.4)

164 (90.6)

1.06 (0.99–1.15)

1.06 (0.98–1.14)

0.131

 Middle

17 (9.0)

171 (91.0)

1.07 (0.99–1.16)+

1.06 (0.98–1.14)

0.128

 Fourth

19 (11.2)

150 (95.5)

1.05 (0.96–1.13)

1.04 (0.95–1.12)

0.402

 Highest

08 (4.5)

169 (95.5)

1.12 (1.05–1.21)*

1.09 (1.02–1.17)

0.012

Attended ANC

 No

14 (15.9)

74 (84.1)

1

  

 Yes

74 (9.2)

732 (90.8)

1.08 (0.98–1.19)

  
  1. ANC Antenatal Care, PR Prevalence Ratio; *P values ≤0.05, + marginal significance (p value < 0.1). At multivariate analysis, we adjusted for age, and education status of the mother