From: Factors associated with place of delivery in rural Nepal
Characteristics | Home (n = 83) | Institution (n = 157) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | p-value | AOR (95% CI) |
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Parity | ||||||
Multiparous | 54 | 80 | Ref. | |||
Primiparous | 29 | 77 | 0.036 | 1.79 (1.03-3.1) | 0.664 | 1.17 (0.58-2.36) |
Literacy status (mother) | ||||||
Illiterate | 37 | 35 | Ref. | |||
Literate | 46 | 122 | <0.001 | 2.8 (1.58-4.97) | 0.476 | 1.34 (0.6-2.98) |
Literacy status (father) | ||||||
Illiterate | 34 | 3 | Ref. | |||
Literate | 152 | 51 | 0.02 | 3.8 (1.12-12.91) | 0.673 | 0.81 (0.31-2.15) |
Occupation (mother) | ||||||
Agriculture/Labour | 79 | 139 | Ref. | |||
Business/Service | 4 | 18 | 0.09 | 2.56 (0.84-7.82) | 0.982 | 0.98 (0.25-3.82) |
Occupation (husband) | ||||||
Agriculture/Labour | 68 | 93 | Ref. | |||
Business/Service | 15 | 64 | <0.001 | 3.12 (1.64-5.94) | 0.349 | 1.48 (0.65-3.36) |
Wealth quintile | ||||||
First quintile (Poor) | 24 | 24 | Ref. | |||
2 | 13 | 35 | 0.023 | 2.69 (1.15-6.31) | 0.229 | 1.89 (0.67-5.34) |
3 | 15 | 33 | 0.063 | 2.2 (0.96-5.06) | 0.936 | 1.04 (0.37-2.93) |
4 | 15 | 33 | 0.063 | 2.2 (0.96-5.06) | 0.832 | 1.13 (0.37-3.43) |
Fifth quintile (least poor) | 16 | 32 | 0.1 | 2.0 (0.88-4.56) | 0.184 | 0.48 (0.17-1.41) |
Women’s autonomy | ||||||
Low | 32 | 48 | Ref. | |||
Medium | 32 | 48 | 1 | 1.0 (0.53-1.88) | 0.542 | 0.78 (0.36-1.71) |
High | 19 | 61 | 0.029 | 2.14 (1.08-4.23) | 0.641 | 1.23 (0.51-3.0) |
Ethnicity group | ||||||
Underprivileged | 74 | 95 | Ref. | |||
Privileged | 9 | 62 | <0.001 | 5.37 (2.5-11.5) | 0.001 | 4.34 (1.79-10.5) |
Experience of adverse pregnancy outcome | ||||||
No | 56 | 140 | ||||
Yes | 27 | 17 | <0.001 | 0.25 (0.18-0.5) | 0.024 | 0.37 (0.16-0.88) |
Time to reach institution | ||||||
> 60 minutes | 26 | 20 | Ref. | |||
< 60 minutes | 57 | 137 | 0.001 | 3.12 (1.61-0.04) | 0.029 | 2.46 (1.1-5.52) |
Antenatal care visits | ||||||
< 4 times | 33 | 16 | Ref. | |||
≥4 times | 50 | 141 | <0.001 | 5.82 (2.95-11.46) | <0.001 | 6.67 (2.8-15.93) |