Table III.
Odds ratio (OR) of developing women’s preference for CD according to the educational level, gestational age of pregnant women and their Spouse′s age
| Variables |
Type of preference delivery
|
OR (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesarean (N= 148) | Vaginal (N=649) | Total (N=797) | |||||
| Pregnant women educational level | |||||||
| Illiterate | 5 | 12 | 17 | Reference | |||
| Elementary | 28 | 152 | 180 | 0.44 | |||
| (0.14 , 1.35) | |||||||
| Junior high school | 16 | 165 | 181 | 0.23 | |||
| (0.07 , 0.74) | |||||||
| Senior high school | 69 | 241 | 310 | 0.69 | |||
| (0.23 , 2.02) | |||||||
| College | 30 | 79 | 109 | 0.91 | |||
| (0.3 , 2.81) | |||||||
| Gestational age | |||||||
| <16 w | 20 | 135 | 155 | Reference | |||
| 16-24 w | 38 | 184 | 212 | 1.39 | |||
| (0.78 , 2.5) | |||||||
| 25-32 w | 44 | 179 | 223 | 1.66 | |||
| (0.94 , 2.95) | |||||||
| ≥33 w | 46 | 151 | 197 | 2.06 | |||
| (1.16 , 3.65) | |||||||
| Spouse′s age | |||||||
| >25 y | 16 | 147 | 163 | Reference | |||
| 25-29 y | 77 | 361 | 438 | 1.96 | |||
| (1.11 , 3.47) | |||||||
| 30-34 y | 37 | 98 | 135 | 3.47 | |||
| (1.8 , 6.58) | |||||||
| 35-39 y | 11 | 28 | 39 | 3.61 | |||
| (1.52 , 8.59) | |||||||
| ≥ 40 y | 7 | 15 | 22 | 4.29 | |||
| (1.52 , 12.07) | |||||||