Table 3.
Bivariate and multivariate analysis of socio-demographic and obstetric factors among pregnant women at selected health facilities of Wolaita Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopian from June to August 2022 (n = 279).
| Characteristics | GBS | COR 95% CI | AOR 95% CI | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Categories | Positive (%) | Negative (%) | |||
| Age group | 15–19 | 6 (27.3) | 16 (72.7) | 0.403 (0.089, 1.835) | 0.380 (0.078, 1.861) | 0.240 |
| 20–24 | 13 (24.5) | 40 (75.5) | 0.543 (0.137, 2.153) | 0.385 | ||
| 25–29 | 32 (23.7) | 103 (76.3) | 0.9589 (0.258, 3.560) | 0.949 | ||
| 30–34 | 12 (25) | 36 (67.6) | 0.192 (0.050, 0.741) | 0.300 (0.072, 1.254) | 0.099 | |
| >35 | 4 (19.0) | 17 (81.0) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Educational status | Primary | 49 (29.5) | 117 (70.5) | 1 | 1 | |
| Secondary | 3 (5.5) | 52 (94.5) | 0.812 (0.413, 1.596) | 0.545 | ||
| College & above | 15 (25.9) | 43 (74.1) | 6.047 (1.642, 22.370) | 6.610 (1.724, 25.349) | 0.01 | |
| Occupational status | Housewife | 32 (26.7) | 88 (73.3) | 0.770 (0.376, 1.578) | 0.475 | |
| Civil servant | 14 (21.9) | 50 (78.1) | 1.276 (0.501, 3.245) | 0.609 | ||
| Student | 10 (20.0) | 40 (80.0) | 0.770 (0.317, 1.870) | 0.564 | ||
| Merchant | 11 (24.4) | 34 (75.6) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gravidity | Primigravida | 34 (19.7) | 139 (80.3) | 1 | 1 | |
| Multigravida | 33 (31.1) | 73 (68.9) | 0.499 (0.286, 0.871) | 1.761 (0.941, 3.296) | 0.077 | |
| Gestational age | 35 | 14 (24.1) | 44 (75.9) | 1 | 1 | |
| 36 | 28 (19.2) | 118 (80.8) | 1.433 (0.671, 3.061) | 0.352 | ||
| 37 | 25 (33.3) | 50 (66.7) | 2.204 (1.166, 4.164) | 1.509 (0.700, 3.254) | 0.15 | |
| Contraception | Yes | 53 (23.8) | 170 (76.2) | 0.946 (0.474, 1.890) | 0.875 | |
| No | 14 (25.0) | 42 (75.0) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Abortion | Yes | 12 (23.5) | 39 (76.5) | 1.184 (0.569, 2.462) | 0.651 | |
| No | 55 (24.1) | 173 (75.9) | 1 | |||
| Pretermlabor | Yes | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) | 0.698 (0.208, 2.345) | 0.561 | |
| No | 62 (23.3) | 204 (76.7) | 1 | 1 | ||
| UTI | Yes | 6 (18.7) | 26 (81.3) | |||
| No | 61 (24.7) | 186 (75.3) | 0.835 (0.345, 2.020) | 0.689 | ||
UTI, unitary tract infection; COD, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio.