Table 3 Logistic regression models for dependence of facility delivery on education, N = 1,020
Odds of delivering in a Health facility: OR [95% CI] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Model 1 Unadjusted Education model | Model 2 Education + covariates | Model 3 Education + covariates + mediators | |
Education | |||
No school/Primary | Ref. | Ref. | |
Post-primary/vocational/Secondary | 3.22*** [1.98, 5.23] | 2.21** [1.28, 3.82] | 2.24** [1.29, 3.91] |
University/ college or above | 9.41*** [2.94, 30.1] | 4.96* [1.43, 17.3] | 4.77* [1.34, 16.89] |
Age | |||
15 to 19 years | 1.99 [0.98, 4.05] | 2.25* [1.07, 4.72] | |
20 to 29 years | Ref. | Ref. | |
30 to 48 years | 0.76 [0.47. 1.21] | 0.82 [0.50, 1.33] | |
Parity (no. of prior births) | |||
0–1 prior births | 0.95 [0.50, 1.79] | 0.88 [0.45, 1.70] | |
2 to 3 prior births | Ref. | ||
4 + prior births | 0.72 [0.45, 1.14] | 0.80 [0.49, 1.30] | |
Paid employment | |||
No | Ref. | ||
Yes | 1.88* [1.09, 3.24] | 1.63 [0.92, 2.87] | |
Literacy: ability to read and write | |||
No | Ref. | ||
Yes | 1.62* [1.08, 2.41] | 1.50 [0.99, 2.29] | |
Partner occupation | |||
Agricultural labor/Casual labor | Ref. | ||
Salaried worker | 2.36 [0.96, 5.81] | 2.20 [0.87, 5.53] | |
Self-employed in petty trade/small scale industry | 1.04 [0.65, 1.64] | 0.89 [0.55, 1.43] | |
Unemployed/homemaker/Other | 0.55 [0.20, 1.47] | 0.67 [0.24, 1.86] | |
No partner | 0.78 [0.46, 1.31] | 0.76 [0.44, 1.32] | |
Perceived need | 0.98 [0.92, 1.06] | ||
Perceived financial access | 0.97 [0.80, 1.18] | ||
Perceived physical access | 1.45*** [1.24, 1.69] | ||
Perceived provision of care | 1.18*** [1.09, 1.29] | ||
Perceived experience of Care | 0.98 [0.95, 1.01] | ||
Constant | 3.97 [3.26, 4.83] | 3.18 [2.00, 5.06] | 0.41 [0.09, 1.73] |
Observations | 1020 | 1020 | 1020 |
Pseudo-R-squared” | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.15 |
BIC | 817.8 | 852.2 | 844.9 |