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. 2011 Jul 30;10:31. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-31

Table 3.

Determinants of use of health facility for last delivery

Use of health facility for delivery
%
(1)
Unadjusted odds of facility delivery
(2)
Adjusted odds of facility delivery
(3)
Marginal effects
%
(4)
Maternal Factors
Mother's Age
 Less than 19 41.4 1.00 1.00
 20-24 44.4 1.14 1.34
 25-29 40.8 0.99 1.59* 9.9
 30 plus 37.8 0.87 2.01** 14.6
Parity
 1 53.4 1.00 1.00
 2 47.0 0.77* 0.72* -6.7
 3 37.8 0.53*** 0.46*** -15.6
 4 31.8 0.40*** 0.36*** -19.8
 5 32.6 0.42*** 0.37*** -18.8
 6 27.9 0.33*** 0.31*** -21.7
 7 plus 28.2 0.34*** 0.32*** -21.4
Mother's Education
 None 33.3 1.00 1.00
 Less than primary 39.9 1.33 1.19
 Primary complete 48.1 1.86*** 1.43* 7.7
 Middle 59.5 2.93*** 2.12*** 16.5
 Matriculate or higher 72.6 5.25*** 2.99*** 24.4
Household Factors
Mother's Autonomy
 Low 36.8 1.00 1.00
 Medium 41.0 1.20 1.16
 High 45.2 1.42** 1.39** 7.0
Wealth Quintiles
 Lowest/First 29.2 1.00 1.00
 Second 33.6 1.24 1.04
 Middle 39.4 1.58** 1.28
 Fourth 44.6 1.96*** 1.38* 7.0
 Highest/Fifth 60.8 3.77*** 1.66** 11.2
Program Factors
Health worker visited during last 12 months
 No 38.5 1.00 1.00
 Yes 45.7 1.35** 1.19
Travel time to nearest health facility
 More than 15 minutes 40.2 1.00 1.00
 15 minutes or less 42.3 1.09 1.02
Mode of travel to nearest facility
 Motorized 49.4 1.00 1.00
 Foot 38.2 0.63*** 0.69** -8.1
 Other 39.1 0.67* 0.70
Mass Media Exposure
 Less than once a week 35.7 1.00 1.00
 At least one a week 57.7 2.45*** 1.65*** 11.0
Total 41.2 - - -
R-squared - - 9.53% -