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. 2023 Sep 25;23:191. doi: 10.1186/s12911-023-02305-1

Table 2.

Factors associated with the drop out from the MNCH continuum in the DRC, Kenya and Tanzania

DRC Kenya Tanzania
*n(%) Univariate
OR(95%CI)		 Adjusted
OR(95%CI)		 *n(%) Univariate
OR(95%CI)		 Adjusted
OR(95%CI)		 *n(%) Univariate
OR(95%CI)		 Adjusted
OR(95%CI)
Place of residence
Urban 2,633(85.4)) Reference Reference 1,599(61.8) Reference Reference 1,836(91.6) Reference Reference
Rural 5,213(94.1) 2.73(2.20–3.39)** 1.76(1.30–2.38)** 3,033(79.4) 2.39(2.04–2.79)** 1.23(1.03–1.47)** 4,532(97.2) 3.17(2.39–4.19)** 1.41(1.01–1.97)**
Maternal age-group
Young women (15–24 years) 2,396(91.9) Reference Reference 1,378(74.6) Reference Reference 2,084(95.8) Reference Reference
Older women (25–49 years) 5,450(90.6) 0.85(0.67–1.07) 0.74(0.57–0.95)** 3,212(71.5) 0.86(0.721–1.01) 0.81(0.66–0.98)** 4,282(95.4) 0.90(0.67–1.22) 0.89(0.66–1.20)
Relationship status
Has current partner 6,672(91.2) Reference Reference 3,761(72.6) Reference Reference 5,218(95.3) Reference Reference
No current partner 1,172(90.5) 0.94(0.70–1.25) 1.05(0.76–1.45) 831(71.6) 0.95(0.78–1.16) 0.98(0.78–1.23) 1,240(96.4) 1.30(0.89–1.90) 1.50(0.97–2.32)
Maternal education
Secondary and above 4,620(86.0) Reference Reference 1,400(79.7) Reference Reference 987(90.3) Reference Reference
Primary and below 3,225(95.0) 3.03(2.44–3.75)** 2.16(1.67–2.79)** 3,192(59.9) 2.63(2.25–3.09)** 1.56(1.30–1.84)** 5,381(96.6) 3.02(2.24–4.10)** 1.70(1.24–2.34)**
Birth order
One 3,550(88.0) Reference Reference 3,002(68.3) Reference Reference 4,006(94.7) Reference Reference
Two 3,446(92.9) 1.64(1.31–2.05)** 1.51(1.19–1.90)** 1,365(80.7) 1.94(1.62–2.33)** 1.38(1.14–1.68)** 2,056(97.0) 1.81(1.30–2.53)** 1.34(0.94–1.91)
Three or more 850(93.1) 1.66(1.14–2.52)** 1.59(1.06–2.37)** 226(86.2) 2.90(1.82–4.62)** 1.72(1.06–2.79)** 307(97.5) 2.21(0.88–5.57) 1.37(0.55–3.40)

Exposure to

mass media

Yes 926(83.1) Reference Reference 3,491(69.2) Reference Reference 4,215(94.4) Reference Reference
No 6,908(92.2) 2.39(1.85–3.08)** 1.49(1.15–1.95)** 1,101(85.0) 2.52(2.08–3.06)** 1.46(1.19–1.80)** 2,153(97.8) 2.64(1.85–3.79)** 1.65(1.13–2.40)**

Access to money

for medication

No big problem 2,271(88.4) Reference Reference 3,299(69.2) Reference Reference 2,992(94.2) Reference Reference
Big problem 5,573(92.1) 1.53(1.23–1.89)** 1.18(0.94–1.46) 1,291(82.1) 1.92(1.64–2.24)** 1.23(1.03–1.46)** 3,376(96.7) 1.79(1.35–2.39)** 1.24(0.90–1.71)

Travel distance

for medication

No big problem 4,722(90.3) Reference Reference 2,612(67.5) Reference Reference 3,467(94.8) Reference Reference
Big problem 3,121(92.0) 1.24(0.99–1.55) 0.92(0.73–1.15) 1,978(79.9) 2.04(1.71–2.44)** 1.25(1.02–1.52)** 2,902(96.4) 1.49(1.10–2.01)** 0.99(0.70–1.41)
Household head
Male 6,268(90.9) Reference Reference 3,153(72.1) Reference Reference 5,180(95.4) Reference Reference
Female 1,578(91.4) 1.06(0.82–1.37) 1.09(0.82–1.45) 1,439(73.0) 1.05(0.89–1.23) 0.96(0.80–1.15) 1,189(96.0) 1.16(0.81–1.67) 1.06(0.0.72–1.56)
Household size
4 or less 1,839(91.0) Reference Reference 1,673(64.0) Reference Reference 1,693(93.9) Reference Reference
5 or more 6,007(91.0) 1.00(0.78–1.29) 1.05(0.79–1.40) 2,919(78.3) 2.03(1.74–2.37)** 1.45(1.22–1.72)** 4,675(96.1) 1.60(1.20–2.15)** 1.18(0.86–1.61)
Household wealth
Rich 3,198(94.3) Reference Reference 1,663(59.7) Reference Reference 2,422(91.9) Reference Reference
Middle 1,597(92.6) 1.88(1.37–1.59)** 1.05(0.76–1.44) 910(77.1) 2.27(1.85–2.78)** 1.49(1.20–1.86)** 1,219(96.9) 2.74(1.86–4.03)** 1.67(1.07–2.60)**
Poor 3,051(87.0) 2.48(1.94–3.18)** 0.94(0.66–1.35) 2,019(84.9) 3.78(3.18–4.48)** 1.89(1.53–2.33)** 2,728(98.4) 5.44(3.78–7.83)** 2.89(1.84–4.54)**

*n% is weighted counts and proportions** is a significant p-value < 0.05