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Table 4 Determinants of early antenatal care attendance

From: “No visible signs of pregnancy, no sickness, no antenatal care”: Initiation of antenatal care in a rural district in Northern Ghana

Exposure variable

ANC attendance at first trimester

AOR (CI = 95%)

P-value

Age

 15–24

1.00

 

 25–34

0.9 (0.41–2.14)

0.872

 35–44

1.2 (0.41–3.31)

0.772

 45–49

0.3 (0.04–2.35)

0.245

Occupation

 Unemployed

1.00

 

 Employed

3.6 (1.50–8.76)

0.004

Educational status

 No education

1.00

 

 Primary

5.6 (2.82–11.25)

< 0.001

 Middle/Junior High

57.5 (18.50–178.73)

< 0.001

 Secondary and above

163.2 (34.94–762.48)

< 0.001

Religion

 Traditional

1.00

 

 Christian

1.6 (0.77–3.16)

0.198

 Moslem

0.6 (0.20–1.86)

0.352

Number of iving children

 1

1.00

 

 2

4.1 (1.35–12.48)

0.013

 3

3.0 (1.90–10.04)

0.047

 4

3.5 (1.00–12.23)

0.035

 5–9

1.1 (0.25–4.46)

0.946

Health insurance status

 Insured

1.00

 

 Not insured

1.7 (0.82–3.35)

0.135

  1. ANC antenatal care
  2. AOR adjusted odds ratio
  3. CI confidence interval