Table 2.

Multilevel multivariable analysis of factors associated with delayed initiation of antenatal care visits among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia, 2019 mini Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

Variables	Categories	Null model	Model I	Model II	Model III
			AOR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Age of women	15–24		1.00		1.00
	25–34		1.04 (0.82, 1.33)		1.08 (0.85, 1.39)
	35–49		1.36 (0.99, 1.85)		1.42 (1.04, 1.94)*
Marital status	Married		1.00		1.00
	Not married		0.85 (0.57, 1.26)		0.84 (0.56, 1.24)
Women education status	No education		1.00		1.00
	Primary		0.80 (0.65, 0.99)		0.83 (0.67, 1.02)
	Secondary and higher		0.75 (0.56, 1.00)		0.83 (0.62, 1.12)
Religion	Orthodox		1.00		1.00
	Muslim		0.97 (0.72, 1.31)		1.03 (0.76, 1.41)
	Protestant		1.49 (1.10, 2.02)		1.43 (1.06, 1.94)*
	Other		1.14 (0.47, 2.73)		1.10 (0.46, 2.63)
Parity	Primi		1.00		1.00
	Multi		1.07 (0.83, 1.37)		1.05 (0.82, 1.56)
Sex of household head	Male		1.00		1.00
	Female		1.07 (0.80, 1.43)		1.11 (0.83, 1.49)
Wealth index	Poor		1.00		1.00
	Middle		0.83 (0.64, 1.08)		0.83 (0.64, 1.08)
	Rich		0.45 (0.35, 0.58)		0.53 (0.41, 0.69)***
Community level variables
Residence	Rural			2.15 (1.49, 3.11)	1.50 (1.02, 2.19)*
	Urban			1.00	1.00
Region	Large central			1.00	1.00
	Small peripheral			1.07 (0.68, 1.68)	0.91 (0.56, 1.48)
	Metropolitans			0.39 (0.23, 0.68)	0.45 (0.26, 0.77)*

*P value <0.05, **p value <0.01, ***p value <0.001.

AOR, adjusted OR.