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Table 1 Association between individual, household and antenatal care related characteristics with birth preparedness among recently delivered women (N = 9458)

From: Association of identification of facility and transportation for childbirth with institutional delivery in high priority districts of Uttar Pradesh, India

Birth Preparedness Plan (1- Identified facility & transport both, Else-0)

Characteristic

Identified facility and transportation (%)

Identified only facility (%)

Identified only transport (%)

Not planned (%)

N

P-value

Adjusted Odds Ratio[95% CI]

Age

     

0.000

 

 30 and above (Ref.)

54.8

11.2

16.9

17.1

675

  

 < 20

62.6

10.4

12.6

14.4

4233

 

0.83*[0.7–0.99]

 20–24

64.8

10.6

10.1

14.5

3030

 

1.26**[1.13–1.42]

 25–29

56.4

11.9

11.3

20.4

1520

 

1.06 [0.9–1.24]

Religion

     

0.001

 

 Hindu (Ref.)

62.9

10.4

11.8

15.0

7816

  

 Non Hindu

57.1

12.5

12.6

17.9

1642

 

0.83*[0.74–0.94]

Caste

     

0.000

 

 SC/ST (Ref.)

61.4

11.6

11.6

15.4

2623

  

 OBC

60.6

10.6

12.2

16.6

5528

 

0.92 [0.83–1.02]

 Others

67.9

9.5

11.4

11.1

1307

 

1.24*[1.06–1.45]

Years of education

     

0.000

 

 No-education / <  5 years (Ref.)

55.5

11.1

13.2

20.3

5387

  

 5–10 years

67.0

10.3

11.4

11.3

2387

 

1.42**[1.28–1.58]

 10+ years

72.7

10.4

9.0

7.8

1684

 

1.68**[1.46–1.92]

Parity

     

0.000

 

 1 (Ref.)

63.3

10.6

13.3

12.8

2984

  

 2

64.6

10.2

10.7

14.6

2382

 

1.11 [0.98–1.25]

 3

61.5

10.4

12.5

15.6

1764

 

1.05 [0.91–1.22]

 4+

57.0

11.8

11.0

20.3

2328

 

1.04 [0.88–1.22]

Poverty status

     

0.000

 

 Poorest (Ref.)

56.6

10.8

10.9

21.6

1969

  

 Poorer

59.3

11.0

13.4

16.3

1856

 

0.96 [0.84–1.1]

 Middle

60.3

11.0

12.7

16.1

1882

 

0.95 [0.82–1.08]

 Richer

64.2

11.2

11.3

13.4

1880

 

0.98 [0.85–1.13]

 Richest

68.7

9.7

11.3

10.3

1871

 

1.02 [0.87–1.19]

1st trimester registration

     

0.000

 

 No (Ref.)

66.3

9.8

11.5

12.4

4227

  

 Yes

58.1

11.5

12.3

18.1

5231

 

1.14*[1.04–1.25]

Number of ANC check-ups

     

0.000

 

 4+ (Ref.)

40.1

9.8

13.9

36.3

1157

  

 0

53.3

9.9

15.0

21.8

1383

 

0.41**[0.34–0.5]

 1

62.3

10.3

12.4

15.0

2154

 

0.64**[0.54–0.75]

 2

65.7

11.6

11.3

11.5

1898

 

0.84*[0.74–0.96]

 3

70.8

11.2

9.9

8.1

2866

 

0.9 [0.8–1.03]

3rd trimester ANC check-up

     

0.000

 

 No (Ref.)

66.1

10.9

11.3

11.7

6623

  

 Yes

51.0

10.3

13.5

25.2

2835

 

1.05 [0.92–1.19]

Number of times ASHA contacted during ANC

     

0.000

 

 No contact (Ref.)

55.5

11.2

13.1

20.3

4034

  

 1–2 contact

57.8

10.0

13.6

18.5

1917

 

1.07 [0.95–1.19]

 3+

70.6

10.7

9.8

8.9

3507

 

1.61**[1.46–1.79]

Identified with Hypertension

     

0.029

 

 No (Ref.)

65.3

12.2

11.0

11.5

474

  

 Yes

61.6

10.7

12.0

15.8

8984

 

0.88 [0.72–1.08]

Identified with Anaemia

     

0.000

 

 No (Ref.)

67.0

10.0

13.2

9.8

1970

  

 Yes

60.4

10.9

11.6

17.0

7488

 

1.07 [0.96–1.2]

  1. Note: The above model is adjusted for age, religion, caste, years of education, parity, poverty status, 1st trimester ANC registration, number of ANC check-ups, 3rd trimester ANC check-up, number of times ASHA contacted during pregnancy, identified with anemia and identified with hypertension
  2. CI Confidence Interval, Ref Reference Category.
  3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001
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