Table 2.

Association of factors with awareness of mothers about postnatal care service, North Gondar, Ethiopia, 2011 (n = 820)

Variable	Awareness of PNC		Crude OR (95 % CI)	Adjusted OR (95 % CI)
	Yes	No
Age of participant (years)
15–19	77	32	1.00
20–24	151	27	2.32 (1.30–4.16)	2.56 (1.15–5.70)
25–29	150	23	2.71 (1.48–4.95)	3.16 (1.29–7.71)*
30–34	159	22	3.00 (1.64–5.51)	3.47 (1.31–9.18)*
>35	155	24	2.69 (1.48–4.87)*	2.93 (1.17–7.33)*
Marital status
Single	17	17	1.00
Married	616	90	6.84 (3.37–13.89)**	3.14 (1.17–8.41)*
Separated due to work	20	7	2.86 (0.96–8.52)	1.60 (0.37–6.81)
Divorced	25	8	3.13 (1.10–8.86)*	3.03 (0.77–11.98)
Widowed	14	6	2.33 (0.73–7.51)	2.41 (0.52–11.13)
Place of residence
Rural	573	123	1.00
Urban	119	5	5.11 (2.05–12.77)**	6.58 (2.09–20.75)*
Distance from health institution (h)
<1	273	32	2.18 (1.29–3.66)	0.55 (0.27–1.12)
1–2	329	59	1.64 (1.03–2.59)*	0.73 (0.40–1.34)
>2	126	37	1.00
Number of children born alive
None	41	18	1.00
1–5	372	65	2.51 (1.36–4.64)**	0.40 (0.16–1.01)
>5	279	45	2.72 (1.44–5.15)**	0.29 (0.09– 0.85)
ANC visit
Not used	48	47	1.00
Once	143	39	5.12 (3.07–8.55)**	2.82 (1.54–5.17)**
Twice	321	12	37.34 (18.82–74.08)**	26.50 (12.36–56.82)**
Three and more	180	10	25.03 (12.03–52.42)**	15.40 (6.76–35.08)**
Last 1 year visit health facility
Yes	613	80	4.66 (3.04–8.55)**	1.44 (0.82––2.63)
No	79	48	1.00
Visit by HEW
Yes	18	77	4.08 (2.76–6.03)**	2.01 (1.19–3.39)**
No	505	51	1.00
History of institutional delivery
Yes	75	6	2.47 (1.05–5.81)	1.02 (0.39–2.68)
No	617	122	1.00

1.00 = Referent category, * statistically associated p value <0.05, ** statistically associated p value <0.001