Table 3. Paternal factors associated with institutional delivery of wife(N = 2178).

Characteristics	Crude odds ratio 95% CI	P-value	Adjusted odds ratio 95% CI	P-value
Age
≤24 years	Reference		Reference
25–34 years	0.94 (0.73, 1.20)	0.604	1.35 (0.92, 1.97)	0.124
≥35years	0.78 (0.60, 1.12)	0.067	1.65 (1.06, 2.57)	0.028
Education
Illiterate & primary level	Reference		Reference
Secondary to higher secondary level	11.5 (8.27, 16.00)	<0.001	5.93 (4.11, 8.55)	<0.001
Graduate & above level	92.0 (62.78, 134.83)	<0.001	12.11 (7.64, 19.19)	<0.001
Income
Q1-poorest	Reference		Reference
Q2	0.31 (0.24, 0.41)	<0.001	0.50 (0.34, 0.74)	0.001
Q3	1.02 (0.77, 1.34)	0.914	1.22 (0.80, 1.88)	0.354
Q4	1.14 (0.87, 1.50)	0.339	0.71 (0.47, 1.06)	0.092
Q5-richest	4.82 (3.61, 6.44)	<0.001	2.74 (1.81, 4.15)	<0.001
Religion
Others (Buddhist, Christian, Muslim)	Reference		Reference
Hindu	4.05 (2.97, 5.52)	<0.001	3.74 (2.22, 6.29)	<0.001
Ethnicity
Indigenous	Reference		Reference
Non-indigenous	2.10 (1.67, 2.65)	<0.001	0.70 (0.47, 1.04)	0.074
Number of children
1–2 children	Reference		Reference
≥ 3 children	0.19 (0.16, 0.24)	<0.001	0.27 (0.19, 0.38)	<0.001
Knowledge of danger signs
No	Reference		Reference
Yes	24.29 (17.99, 32.79)	<0.001	11.06 (7.76, 15.76)	<0.001
Decision maker for MCH
Wife	Reference		Reference
Husband	0.57 (0.37, 0.87)	0.010	1.87 (1.04,3.36)	0.036
Mother of respondent	0.37 (0.21, 0.65)	<0.001	2.15 (1.02,4.54)	0.045
Father of respondent	-	-	-	-