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Table 2 Mixed effect analysis results of recommended ANC utilization in Ethiopia, MEDHS 2019

From: Determinants of recommended antenatal care visits among pregnant women in Ethiopia: a generalized linear mixed-effects modeling

Fixed effects

Four or more ANC visits

COR 95%(CI)

AOR(95%CI)

No

Yes

Maternal age

 15–24

237

757

1.00

1.00

 25–29

245

603

1.12(0.60–1.40)

1.83(0.77–2.64)

 30–34

197

603

1.22(0.85–1.84)

1,78(0.70–2.91)

 35–39

181

408

1.17(0.79–1.99)

1.71(0.98–2.90)

 40–49

143

203

0.50(0.32–1.34)

0.93(0.52–1.69)

Maternal education

 No formal education

732

1278

1.00

1.00

 Primary education

261

1149

2.23(1.81, 2.76)

1.55(1.22–2.01) a

 Secondary and above

11

495

12.01(7.24–20.27)

5.12(2.80–8.16) a

Wealth status

 Poor

661

984

1.00

1.00

 Middle

172

588

2.07(1.57–2.73)

1.25(1.01–1.71) b

 Rich

170

1340

5.06(3.75–6.82)

1.54 (1.12–2.25) a

Media exposure

 Yes

167

1255

2.18(1.73–2.75)

1.23 (1.01–1.57) b

 No

836

1658

1.00

1.00

Parity

 Primiparous

136

688

1.00

1.00

 Multiparous

368

1365

0.96(0.74–1.23)

1.14(0.70–1.52)

 Grand multiparous

499

860

0.54(0.41–0.71)

0.80(0.48–1.39)

Number of children

 No child

58

101

1.00

1.00

 One child

397

1616

2.08(1.37–3.18)

1.27(0.12–1.89)

 Two children

398

1019

1.83(1.20–2.81)

1.58(0.78–2.43)

 Three children

150

177

1.38(0.86–2.23)

1.29(0.76–2.17)

Birth order

 First

136

688

1.00

1.00

 2–4

368

1365

0.96(0.74–1.23)

0.88(0.54–1.56)

  ≥ 5

499

860

0.54(0.41–0.71)

0.36(0.53–1.39)

History of contraceptive use

 No

760

1457

1.00

1.00

 Yes

273

1456

2.37(1.90–2.97)

1.45(1.25–2.03) a

Marital status

 Single

73

167

0.65(0.46–0.91)

0.75(0.59–1.23)

 Married

930

2745

1.00

1.00

Place of residence

 Urban

155

865

1.00

1.00

 Rural

848

2048

0.14(0.08–0.23)

0.88(0.55–1.39)

Region

 Agrarian

813

2615

1.00

1.00

 Pastoral

178

134

0.22(0.13–0.37)

0.45(0.30–1.54)

 Urban

12

164

1.77(1.08–2.90)

0.73(0.48–1.09)

Random effects

 Community variance (SE)

3.06(0.31)

 ICC (95%CI)

0.49 (0.41,0 .56)

 MOR(95%CI)

5.25(4.48,11.70)

  1. ICC intracluster correlation coefficient, MOR median odds ratio
  2. asignificant at < 0.05
  3. bsignificant at < 0.01