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. 2014 Apr 3;14:306. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-306

Table 3.

Association of individual, household and health service factors with institutional delivery

Characteristics Home (n = 83) Institution (n = 157) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value AOR (95% CI)
Parity
  Multiparous
54
80
Ref.
  Primiparous
29
77
0.036
1.79 (1.03-3.1)
0.664
1.17 (0.58-2.36)
Literacy status (mother)
  Illiterate
37
35
Ref.
  Literate
46
122
<0.001
2.8 (1.58-4.97)
0.476
1.34 (0.6-2.98)
Literacy status (father)
  Illiterate
34
3
Ref.
  Literate
152
51
0.02
3.8 (1.12-12.91)
0.673
0.81 (0.31-2.15)
Occupation (mother)
  Agriculture/Labour
79
139
Ref.
  Business/Service
4
18
0.09
2.56 (0.84-7.82)
0.982
0.98 (0.25-3.82)
Occupation (husband)
  Agriculture/Labour
68
93
Ref.
  Business/Service
15
64
<0.001
3.12 (1.64-5.94)
0.349
1.48 (0.65-3.36)
Wealth quintile
  First quintile (Poor)
24
24
Ref.
  2
13
35
0.023
2.69 (1.15-6.31)
0.229
1.89 (0.67-5.34)
  3
15
33
0.063
2.2 (0.96-5.06)
0.936
1.04 (0.37-2.93)
  4
15
33
0.063
2.2 (0.96-5.06)
0.832
1.13 (0.37-3.43)
  Fifth quintile (least poor)
16
32
0.1
2.0 (0.88-4.56)
0.184
0.48 (0.17-1.41)
Women’s autonomy
  Low
32
48
Ref.
  Medium
32
48
1
1.0 (0.53-1.88)
0.542
0.78 (0.36-1.71)
  High
19
61
0.029
2.14 (1.08-4.23)
0.641
1.23 (0.51-3.0)
Ethnicity group
  Underprivileged
74
95
Ref.
  Privileged
9
62
<0.001
5.37 (2.5-11.5)
0.001
4.34 (1.79-10.5)
Experience of adverse pregnancy outcome
  No
56
140
 
  Yes
27
17
<0.001
0.25 (0.18-0.5)
0.024
0.37 (0.16-0.88)
Time to reach institution
  > 60 minutes
26
20
Ref.
  < 60 minutes
57
137
0.001
3.12 (1.61-0.04)
0.029
2.46 (1.1-5.52)
Antenatal care visits
  < 4 times
33
16
Ref.
  ≥4 times 50 141 <0.001 5.82 (2.95-11.46) <0.001 6.67 (2.8-15.93)