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. 2011 Nov 13;10:341. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-341

Table 6.

Predictors of women not attending ANC or EPI in Niger (n = 1587), adjusted for clustering.

Variable Attended neither % (n) Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Wald Adjusted OR (95% CI) Wald
p-value p-value
Region < 0.0001 < 0.0001
Southern 49.5 (640) 1.0 1.0
Northern 18.4 (71) 0.2 (0.1-0.4) 0.3 (0.2-0.6)
Eastern 35.3 (144) 0.6 (0.3-0.9) 0.3 (0.2-0.6)
Western 23.3 (448) 0.3 (0.2-0.4) 0.4 (0.3-0.7)
Central 32.5 (284) 0.5 (0.3-0.8) 0.4 (0.3-0.7)

Wealth index < 0.0001 < 0.0001
Poorest 47.3 (465) 1.0 1.0
Second 43.2 (347) 0.9 (0.7-1.1) 0.9 (0.7-1.1)
Middle 40.6 (322) 0.8 (0.6-1.0) 0.8 (0.6-1.0)
Fourth 38.2 (348) 0.7 (0.5-0.9) 0.8 (0.5-1.1)
Least poor 9.0 (105) 0.1 (0.08-0.02) 0.2 (0.2-0.4)

Residence < 0.0001 0.004
Rural 41.3 (1464) 1.0 1.0
Urban 8.2 (123) 0.1 (0.08-0.2) 0.5 (0.3-0.8)

Ethnicity < 0.0001 < 0.0001
Hausa 35.9 (712) 1.0 1.0
Djerma 16.9 (183) 0.4 (0.2-0.6) 0.6 (0.4-0.9)
Tuareg 48.7 (295) 1.7 (1.2-2.3) 1.7 (1.1-1.6)
Other 52.2 (396) 1.9 (1.3-2.8) 2.1 (1.4-3.3)

Religion 0.01 0.04
Muslim 35.7 (1548) 1.0 1.0
Christian 48.4 (13) 1.7 (0.8-3.4) 1.7 (0.9-3.2)
None 69.4 (35) 4.1 (1.7-10.0) 3.0 (1.1-8.11)
Other 0 (0) --- ---

Mother's education < 0.0001 0.001
None 39.3 (1508) 1.0 1.0
Primary 19.1 (77) 0.4 (0.3-0.5) 0.6 (0.4-0.9)
Secondary 0.1 (2) 0.02 (0.003-0.1) 0.1 (0.01-0.6)
Higher 0 (0) --- ---

Partner's education < 0.0001 < 0.0001
None 40.3 (1464) 1.0 1.0
Primary 19.5 (80) 0.4 (0.3-0.5) 0.5 (0.3-0.7)
Secondary 7.3 (19) 0.1 (0.06-0.2) 0.3 (0.1-0.5)
Higher 0 (0) --- ---
Don't know 15.9 (16) 0.3 (0.1-0.6) 0.6 (0.2-1.6)

Household size 0.03 0.03
1-5 38.4 (517) 1.0 1.0
6-10 37.2 (735) 1.0 (0.8-1.1) 0.9 (0.7-1.1)
11-15 41.7 (230) 0.7 (0.5-0.9) 0.8 (0.6-1.0)
16-20 48.6 (60) 0.7 (0.5-1.2) 1.4 (0.9-2.2)
21+ 40.8 (45) 0.7 (0.4-1.3) 1.6 (0.9-2.9)

Healthcare autonomy 0.0003 0.04
Husband/partner only 38.9 (1186) 1.0 1.0
Respondent alone 28.9 (237) 0.6 (0.4-0.8) 0.8 (0.6-1.1)
Respondent & husband 26.9 (84) 0.6 (0.4-0.8) 0.7 (0.5-1.0)
Respondent & other 19.9 (8) 0.4 (0.2-0.9) 0.6 (0.2-1.4)
Someone else 33.7 (65) 0.8 (0.5-1.2) 1.1 (0.7-1.7)
Other 12.5 (5) 0.2 (0.07-0.7) 0.3 (0.1-0.9)

Marital status 0.05 0.3
Currently married 36.3 (1542) 1.0 1.0
Never married 21.0 (5) 0.5 (0.2-1.3) ---
Formerly married 26.0 (40) 0.6 (0.4-1.0) 0.8 (0.4-1.3)

Mother's occupation 0.03 0.06
Agriculture/manual labour 37.5 (426) 1.0 1.0
Unemployed 37.8 (942) 1.0 (0.8-1.3) 1.3 (1.0-1.7)
Clerical, sales, services 30.0 (213) 0.7 (0.5-1.0) 0.9 (0.7-1.3)
Professional, army 0 (0) --- ---
Other 51.6 (3) 1.8 (0.3-12.3) 3.0 (0.3-27.4)

Partner's occupation < 0.0001 0.7
Agriculture/manual labour 41.3 (1117) 1.0 1.0
Unemployed 8.0 (2) 0.1 (0.03-0.6) 1.0 (0.1-8.9)
Clerical, sales, services 27.7 (388) 0.5 (0.4-0.7) 0.9 (0.7-1.1)
Professional, army 5.4 (11) 0.1 (0.02-0.3) 1.5 (0.5-4.6)
Other 39.0 (56) 0.9 (0.5-1.6) 0.9 (0.5-1.7)

Age at first birth 0.02 0.9
12 34.5 (12) 1.0 1.0
13-19 37.4 (1224) 1.1 (0.5-2.5) 1.0 (0.4-2.6)
20-29 31. (342) 0.9 (0.4-1.9) 1.0 (0.4-2.8)
30-39 39.3 (9) 1.2 (0.4-3.9) 1.7 (0.4-7.7)
40-49 0 (0) --- ---

Total number of children 0.03 0.3
1-3 32.9 (613) 1.0 1.0
4-6 38.5 (564) 1.3 (1.1-1.5) 1.2 (1.0-1.4)
7-9 38.3 (306) 1.3 (1.0-1.6) 1.1 (0.9-1.4)
10+ 35.7 (104) 1.1 (0.8-1.5) 0.9 (0.7-1.3)