Table 3.

Bi variable and multi variable ordinal logistic regression result.

Variables	Categories	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Residence	Urban	2.00 (1.60, 2.49)	1.27 (.97, 1.65)
	Rural	1	1
Marital status	Married	1	1
	Divorced	2.26 (1.01, 5.05)	2.47 (.98, 6.21)
	Widowed	1.24 (.38, 4.08)	.76 (.25, 2.27)
Wealth status	Poor	.49 (.39,.61)	.72 (.53, .97)
	Middle	.53 (.40, .69)	.80 (.60, 1.07)
	Rich	1	1
Maternal Education	No formal education	1	1
	Primary education	1.48 (1.13,1.94)	1.08 (.80,1.44)
	Secondary education	2.14 (1.50, 3.05)	1.19 (.77,1.84)
	Diploma and above	3.90 (2.59,5.88)	2.79 (1.18,6.56)*
Husband education	No formal education	1	1
	Primary education	1.29 (1.01, 1.66)	1.03 (.79, 1.32)
	Secondary education	2.29 (1.61, 3.26)	1.13 (.73, 1.74)
	Diploma and above	2.94 (1.96, 4.39)	.97 (.53, 1.75)
Maternal Occupation	Housewife	1	1
	Farmer	.46 (.16, 1.36)	. 35 (.10, 1.02)
	Merchant	3.20 (1.51, 6.74)	1.48 (.73, 3.01)
	Employed	2.76 (1.85, 4.10)	.85 (.44, 1.64)
	Other**	2.57 (1.39, 4.73)	1.02 (.50, 2.08)
Husband Occupation	Farmer	1	1
	Merchant	1.91 (1.11, 3.27)	1.14 (.61, 2.13)
	Employed	3.46 (2.55, 4.69)	1.87 (1.03, 3.38)*
	Other**	2.58 (1.76, 3.78)	1.59 (.98, 2.59)
Parity	Multipara	1	1
	Grand Multipara	.69 (.50, .96)	.93 (.69, 1.26)
ANC	Yes	2.56 (2.07, 3.18)	2.15 (1.72, 2.69)**
	No	1	1
Unmet need for family planning	No	1	1
	Yes	.82 (.67, .99)	1.03 (.81,1.32)
Duration Exclusive breast feeding	<six month	1	1
	>=six month	.63 (.51, .79)	1.04 (.83, 1.31)
History Abortion	Yes	2.73 (1.27, 5.94)	2.48 (1.08, 5.66)*
	No	1	1
History of still birth	Yes	1.57 (.81, 3.02)	.99 (.51, 1.90)
	No	1	1

Bold: significant variables.

Other** = daily laborer and private vocational work.

* = significant at p value < 0.05.

** = significant at p value < 0.001.