Table 3.

Independent predictors of Preference of delivery site among married reproductive age women of Bench Maji Zone, 2013

Variables	Preference of delivery site		Crude OR(95% C.I)	Adjusted OR (95% C.I)
	Yes	No
Age category
<24	95	19	Ref.	Ref.
25–29	120	28	.86[.45,1.63]	.90[.43,1.88]
30–34	85	17	1.0[.49,2.05]	1.17[.51,2.70]
35–39	52	26	.40[.20,.79]*	.46[.20,1.04]
>40	27	31	.17[.09,.36]*	.19[.08,.46]*
Mothers education
Illiterate	228	99	Ref.	Ref.
primary education	154	22	3.04[1.83,5.04]*	2.03 [1.09,3.77]*
Place of last delivery
Home	176	12	Ref.	Ref.
Health facilities	206	109	.13[.07.24]*	.24[.11,.52]*
Number of children
<=5	331	69	Ref.	Ref.
>5	51	52	.20[.13, .33]*	.44[.24, .82]*
Home delivery is safe
Disagree	239	48	Ref.	Ref.
Agree	143	73	.39[.26,.60]*	.71[.41,1.22]
Labor may occur on the way accidentally
Disagree	245	44	Ref.	Ref.
Agree	137	77	.32[.21,.49]*	.44[.27,.74]*
Fear of sex of HCWs (male)
Disagree	313	76	Ref.	Ref.
Agree	69	45	.37[.24,.57]*	.39[.22,.70]*
Fear of religion of HCWs
Disagree	27	25	Ref.	Ref.
Agree	335	96	3.42[1.90,6.20]*	2.38[1.09,5.21]*

^*significant at P<0.05,

OR: odds ratio, C.I: confidence interval, HCWs: health care workers, Ref.: reference category