TABLE 7. Multivariate Logistic Regression Model Showing Predictors of Receipt of Pregnancy Care Information For Households With Pregnant Women or Children Under 3 Months, Bhojpur District, Bihar State, India (N = 500).
OR | 95% CI | P | |
Education and experience | |||
ASHAs who have completed class 10+ | 1.113 | 0.591–2.094 | .74 |
ASHAs who have 6+ years of experience | 0.740 | 0.371–1.473 | .39 |
Monetary incentives | |||
Amount ASHAs receive for institutional delivery (100s) | 1.519 | 0.989–2.334 | .06 |
Primary reason for working is income generation, ASHAs | 1.095 | 0.535–2.241 | .80 |
Worker effort and organization | |||
AWWs who have held a VHND | 1.097 | 0.344–3.497 | .88 |
ASHAs who keep registry of pregnant women in village | 2.254 | 1.072–4.740 | .03 |
ASHAs who have attended 6+ meetings in past 6 months | 1.355 | 0.490–3.748 | .56 |
Supervision, training, and knowledge | |||
ASHAs who know who their supervisor is | 1.501 | 0.761–2.964 | .24 |
ASHAs who have received training on pregnancy-related topics | 0.580 | 0.249–1.355 | .21 |
ASHAs who list pregnancy as one use of iron pills | 1.180 | 0.482–2.888 | .72 |
Household and village variables | |||
ASHAs and household head of same caste | 1.198 | 0.392–3.659 | .75 |
Pregnant women in catchment area (10s) | 0.495 | 0.260–0.942 | .03 |
Household heads who have completed class 7+ | 1.099 | 0.608–1.984 | .76 |
Household socioeconomic status index | 1.002 | 0.790–1.271 | .99 |
Village population (1,000s) | 1.076 | 0.985–1.175 | .11 |
Abbreviations: ASHAs, Accredited Social Health Activists; AWWs, Anganwadi workers; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; VHND, Village Health and Nutrition Day.
Variables shown in italics are statistically significant at P < .10.