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Table 3 Association between maternal characteristics and attending four antenatal care visits among women who experienced a pregnancy outcome in the past year in three districts of Jimma Zone, Ethiopia, 2016a

From: Utilization of key preventive measures for pregnancy complications and malaria among women in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia

 

Attended four antenatal care visits

N (%)

Did not attend four antenatal care visits

N (%)

P value for the overall difference among the categories

Factors associated with attending four antenatal care visits, univariate analysis

OR (95% CI)

Factors associated with attending four antenatal care visits, multivariable analysis

AOR (95% CI)d

Maternal age (years)

 15–18

123 (6.9)

108 (7.6)

0.0037

Reference

Reference

 19–24

530 (29.8)

334 (23.6)

1.41 (1.05–1.89)

1.24 (0.91–1.68)

 25–34

863 (48.6)

731 (51.7)

1.01 (0.78–1.36)

1.04 (0.76–1.42)

 35–49

259 (14.6)

239 (16.9)

0.96 (0.69–1.31)

1.01 (0.69–1.46)

Education level

 No education

854 (48.1)

806 (57.1)

< 0.0001

Reference

Reference

 Primaryb

564 (31.8)

477 (33.8)

1.11 (0.95–1.30)

0.99 (0.83–1.18)

 Secondarye

332 (18.7)

126 (8.9)

2.47 (1.96–3.11)

1.90 (1.46–2.47)

 Higher

25 (1.4)

3 (0.2)

8.38 (2.50–28.07)

5.24 (1.53–17.95)

Wealth

 Poorest

268 (15.1)

276 (19.5)

< 0.0001

Reference

Reference

 Poorer

312 (17.6)

337 (23.8)

0.92 (0.73–1.16)

0.92 (0.73–1.17)

 Middle

344 (19.4)

270 (19.1)

1.27 (1.00–1.61)

1.27 (0.99–1.61)

 Wealthier

371 (20.9)

294 (20.8)

1.26 (1.00–1.59)

1.19 (0.94–1.51)

 Wealthiest

480 (27.0)

235 (16.6)

2.01 (1.58–2.56)

1.64 (1.27–2.12)

Frequency of reading newspaper/ magazine

 Not at all

1618 (91.1)

1318 (93.3)

0.0278

Reference

Reference

 At least once a week

128 (7.2)

75 (5.3)

1.37 (1.01–1.84)

0.76 (0.54–1.07)

 More than once a week

29 (1.6)

19 (1.3)

1.28 (0.71–2.32)

0.38 (0.18–0.75)

Frequency of watching the TV

 Not at all

1490 (83.9)

1293 (91.6)

< 0.0001

Reference

Reference

 At least once a week

133 (7.5)

52 (3.7)

2.15 (1.53–3.00)

1.60 (1.12–2.30)

 More than once a week

152 (8.5)

67 (4.7)

1.91 (1.41–2.59)

1.25 (0.88–1.79)

Frequency of contact with HEW

 Not at all

1098 (61.8)

955 (67.6)

0.0027

Reference

Reference

 Less than once a month

483 (27.2)

290 (20.5)

1.42 (1.19–1.68)

1.37 (1.15–1.64)

 One or more times a month

194 (10.9)

167 (11.8)

0.95 (0.76–1.20)

0.88 (0.69–1.11)

Decision-making about healthcare

 Husband or family member

426 (24.0)

448 (31.7)

0.0002

Reference

Reference

 Self

221 (12.4)

164 (11.6)

1.39 (1.09–1.77)

1.33 (1.03–1.70)

 Jointly

1128 (63.5)

800 (56.6)

1.46 (1.24–1.72)

1.32 (1.11–1.55)

Household size

  ≤ 4

692 (38.9)

463 (32.8)

0.0021

Reference

Reference

 5–8

936 (52.7)

815 (57.7)

0.77 (0.66–0.89)

0.94 (0.76–1.16)

  ≥ 9

147 (8.3)

134 (9.5)

0.74 (0.57–0.97)

1.24 (0.81–1.92)

Number of children per household

  ≤ 3

1097 (61.8)

785 (55.6)

0.0009

Reference

Reference

 4–6

612 (34.5)

547 (38.7)

0.80 (0.69–0.93)

0.91 (0.72–1.14)

  ≥ 7

66 (3.7)

80 (5.6)

0.61 (0.43–0.85)

0.54 (0.31–0.92)

Health problems during last pregnancy

 No

1368 (77.1)

1125 (79.7)

0.0385

Reference

Reference

 Yes

407 (22.9)

287 (20.3)

1.18 (1.00–1.41)

1.17 (0.98–1.40)

Number of live birth

 0–1

479 (26.9)

316 (22.4)

0.0147

Reference

Reference

 2–4

789 (44.4)

635 (44.9)

0.73 (0.59–0.88)

1.08 (0.87–1.36)

  ≥ 5

507 (28.5)

461 (32.6)

0.81 (0.68–0.97)

1.29 (0.87–1.36)

Prior stillbirth

 No

1708 (96.2)

1330 (94.2)

0.0217

Reference

Reference

 Yes

67 (3.8)

82 (5.8)

0.63 (0.45–0.88)

0.65 (0.46–0.92)

Intended pregnancy

 No

467 (26.3)

500 (35.4)

< 0.0001

Reference

Reference

 Yes

1308 (73.7)

912 (64.6)

1.54 (1.32–1.79)

1.37 (1.17–1.62)

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, OR Odds ratio, AOR Adjusted odds ratio
  2. Notes: a Numbers are rounded and may not add up to exactly 100%; bconsiders women who completed all or some primary school years; c considers women who completed all or some secondary school year; d AOR and corresponding 95% CI were obtained from a multivariate model, including variables with a significant univariate test at p-value cut-off point of 0.05
  3. Bold text indicates significant results at the level of p-value <0.05