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Table 2 Predictors of making early ANC visits in Gambia (n = 5351)

From: Prenatal care and uptake of HIV testing among pregnant women in Gambia: a cross-sectional study

 

Overall

Urban

Rural

Age (15–19)

1

1

1

20–24

0.71* [0.55,0.92]

0.96 [0.57,1.63]

0.63** [0.47,0.86]

25–29

0.97 [0.75,1.26]

1.11 [0.66,1.86]

0.96 [0.71,1.29]

30–34

1.00 [0.77,1.31]

1.35 [0.80,2.29]

0.87 [0.63,1.20]

35–39

1.07 [0.80,1.44]

1.37 [0.79,2.40]

0.96 [0.67,1.37]

40–44

1.09 [0.77,1.53]

1.64 [0.85,3.16]

0.89 [0.59,1.34]

45–49

1.04 [0.66,1.63]

1.06 [0.43,2.65]

0.99 [0.58,1.69]

Residency (Urban)

1

NA

NA

Rural

1.30* [1.10,1.59]

  

Education (No Education)

1

1

1

Primary

1.18 [0.99,1.40]

0.93 [0.68,1.26]

1.33** [1.08,1.65]

Secondary

1.24* [1.04,1.48]

1.28 [1.00,1.65]

1.15 [0.89,1.48]

Higher

1.80** [1.20,2.70]

1.58 [1.00,2.51]

2.37 [0.88,6.38]

Husband’s education (No Education)

1

1

1

Primary

1.21 [0.94,1.57]

1.29 [0.87,1.92]

1.19 [0.85,1.68]

Secondary

1.07 [0.91,1.26]

1.11 [0.87,1.42]

1.05 [0.83,1.32]

Higher

1.18 [0.90,1.55]

1.42 [0.99,2.03]

0.93 [0.61,1.43]

Employment (Not Working)

1

1

1

Professional/Technical/Managerial

1.03 [0.88,1.21]

1.11 [0.90,1.38]

0.92 [0.71,1.18]

Agricultural - Self Employed

1.33*** [1.14,1.54]

1.52* [1.02,2.25]

1.24* [1.04,1.47]

Wealth quintile (Poorest)

1

1

1

Poorer

1.05 [0.89,1.25]

0.72 [0.38,1.35]

1.10 [0.92,1.31]

Middle

1.02 [0.85,1.22]

0.92 [0.55,1.53]

1.03 [0.85,1.26]

Richer

1.05 [0.83,1.33]

0.89 [0.56,1.42]

0.93 [0.65,1.33]

Richest

1.49** [1.14,1.95]

1.14 [0.71,1.84]

4.78* [1.25,1.83]

Access to electronic media (No)

1

1

1

Yes

0.92 [0.77,1.11]

1.17 [0.70,1.95]

0.88 [0.72,1.08]

Heard of FP on internet (No)

1

1

1

Yes

1.85* [1.05,3.26]

1.57 [0.72,3.43]

2.18 [0.95,5.00]

Religion (Islam)

1

1

1

Other

1.15 [0.71,1.87]

1.48 [0.77,2.86]

0.74 [0.35,1.58]

Ethnicity (Mandinka/Jahanka)

1

1

1

Wollof

0.66*** [0.54,0.80]

0.85 [0.61,1.19]

0.56*** [0.43,0.72]

Jola/Karoninka

1.17 [0.92,1.49]

1.11 [0.79,1.58]

1.24 [0.88,1.77]

Fula/Tukulur/Lorobo

1.11 [0.95,1.30]

1.06 [0.79,1.42]

1.09 [0.90,1.31]

Serahuleh

1.10 [0.87,1.39]

1.24 [0.77,2.00]

1.00 [0.76,1.32]

Other

1.17 [0.95,1.44]

1.21 [0.91,1.60]

1.19 [0.86,1.63]

Parity (1–5)

1

1

1

> 5

0.83* [0.69,0.99]

0.73 [0.53,1.02]

0.91 [0.73,1.13]

Household head (Male)

1

1

1

Female

0.99 [0.84,1.17]

1.10 [0.88,1.36]

0.88 [0.68,1.14]

Child wanted (Wanted Then)

1

1

1

Wanted No More

0.70*** [0.59,0.84]

0.85 [0.64,1.12]

0.61*** [0.48,0.77]

Pseudo R2

0.02

0.03

0.03

  1. Exponentiated coefficients; 95% confidence intervals in brackets
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001