Monitoring the decomposition of wealth-related inequality in the use of regular antenatal care in Egypt (1995–2014)

Table 2 Odds ratio for use of antenatal care in 1995 and 2014

Variables	1995	2014
Age at birth
20-	1.21	1.05
25-	1.73***	1.24
30-	1.93***	1.43	*
35-	1.98***	1.34
40+	2.19**	1.84	*
Respondent’s educational attainment
Primary	1.38**	1.11
Secondary	2.54***	1.51	***
Higher	4.68***	2.61	***
Respondent’s husband’s educational attainment
Primary	1.40**	1.39	**
Secondary	1.44**	1.51	***
Higher	1.92***	1.95	***
Region
Urban Lower Egypt	0.89	0.99
Rural Lower Egypt	0.43***	0.82
Urban Upper Egypt	0.74*	0.59	***
Rural Upper Egypt	0.29***	0.48	***
Frontier governorate	0.43***	0.52	***
Toilet type (modern)	2.47***	1.20	*
Experience of terminated pregnancy	1.73***	1.26	**
Birth attributes
Birth interval > 24 months	1.46***	1.46	***
Single birth	0.78	0.58	*
Birth order	0.89***	0.83	***
Previous birth experience
Delivery at medical unit	2.16***	0.93
Delivered by C-section	0.98	1.84	***
Live birth	0.55***	0.45	***
Pseudo R²	0.26	0.11
Log likelihood	− 3317.39	− 4451.88

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