Table I.
Odds ratio (OR) estimates of women’s preference for CD based on the univariate logistic regression model
| Variables |
Type of preference delivery
|
OR (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesarean (N=148) | Vaginal (N=649) | Total (N=797) | |||
| Pregnant women variables | |||||
| Age | (0.92, 2.87) | ||||
| ≤ 30y | 130 | 598 | 728 | Reference | |
| > 30y | 18 | 51 | 69 | 1.62 | |
| Educational level | (1.43, 3.02) | ||||
| < Diploma | 49 | 329 | 378 | Reference | |
| ≥ Diploma | 99 | 320 | 419 | 2.08 | |
| Occupation | (0.49, 2.2) | ||||
| Housewife | 139 | 611 | 750 | Reference | |
| Employee | 9 | 38 | 47 | 1.04 | |
| Fear of VD/CD | (9.68, 22.82) | ||||
| No | 63 | 595 | 658 | Reference | |
| Yes | 85 | 54 | 139 | 14.87 | |
| Gestational age | (1.66, 4.17) | ||||
| < 37w | 114 | 583 | 697 | Reference | |
| ≥ 37w | 34 | 66 | 100 | 2.64 | |
| Spouse of pregnant women variables | |||||
| Age | (1.19, 2.76) | ||||
| ≤ 30 y | 109 | 542 | 651 | Reference | |
| > 30 y | 39 | 107 | 146 | 1.81 | |
| Educational level | (1.13, 2.32) | ||||
| < Diploma | 69 | 380 | 449 | Reference | |
| ≥ Diploma | 79 | 269 | 348 | 1.62 | |
| Occupation | (0.997, 2.6) | ||||
| Self-employed | 121 | 570 | 691 | Reference | |
| Employed | 27 | 79 | 106 | 1.61 | |
| Other variables | |||||
| Local residence | (1.06, 2.27) | ||||
| Rural | 45 | 262 | 307 | Reference | |
| urban | 103 | 387 | 490 | 1.1 | |
| Safety of the baby* | (0.19, 0.76) | ||||
| No | 133 | 550 | 683 | Reference | |
| Yes | 9 | 99 | 108 | 0.38 | |
| Physician’s advice | (2.13, 6.56) | ||||
| No | 124 | 617 | 741 | Reference | |
| Yes | 24 | 32 | 56 | 3.73 | |
| Planned pregnancy* | (0.27, 1.57) | ||||
| Planned | 141 | 597 | 738 | Reference | |
| Unplanned | 6 | 39 | 45 | 0.65 | |
* Some data were missing in this variable