Table 2.
Multivariate logistic regression analysis results of respondents in ANC attendance, in Holeta town, January to February, 2012, (n=419)
| Variables | β | Sig(p) | Exp (β) (OR) |
95% C.I. for EXP(β) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | ||||
|
Age at last birth |
|
|
|
|
|
| 15 – 19(RC) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 20 – 34 |
.155 |
.804 |
1.168 |
.343 |
3.976 |
| 35 - 49 |
-.700 |
.040 |
.183* |
.036 |
.927 |
|
Parity |
|
|
|
|
|
| Parity 1 |
-.566 |
.448 |
.568 |
0.132 |
2.448 |
| Parity 2-4 |
.021 |
.973 |
1.021 |
0.304 |
3.430 |
| Parity 5 and above (RC) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Literacy status |
|
|
|
|
|
| No Schooling (RC) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Schooling |
.973 |
.034 |
2.645* |
1.078 |
6.487 |
|
Occupation of the respondent |
|
|
|
|
|
| House wife |
.593 |
.171 |
1.809 |
0.775 |
4.222 |
| Others (civil servant students, maid servant, merchant etc…) (RC) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marital status |
|
|
|
|
|
| Married |
.058 |
.907 |
1.067 |
0.398 |
2.821 |
| Others( divorced, widowed, never married)(RC) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average family monthly income |
|
|
|
|
|
| Below 23 USD1 |
−1.922 |
.034 |
.146* |
.025 |
.867 |
| 23 - 57 USD |
−1.401 |
.124 |
.246 |
.041 |
1.470 |
| Above 57 USD(RC) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Media exposure |
|
|
|
|
|
| No exposure (RC) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Radio or TV |
1.389 |
.006 |
4.013** |
1.487 |
10.831 |
| Radio and TV |
1.485 |
.037 |
4.416* |
1.097 |
17.784 |
|
Planned pregnancy |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes (RC) |
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
−1.087 |
.021 |
.337* |
0.134 |
0.850 |
|
Knowledge on danger signs of pregnancy |
|
|
|
|
|
| Better knowledge |
1.264 |
.019 |
3.541* |
1.236 |
10.147 |
| Poor knowledge (RC) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Presence of husband approval on ANC |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
2.197 |
.000 |
8.999*** |
3.706 |
21.855 |
| No (RC) | |||||
1 USD= 17.50 Ethiopian currency at the time of survey (2012).
* = P < 0.05 ** = P < 0.01 *** = P < 0.001.
RC = Reference category.