Table 2.

Association between women’s health service utilization and other variables

Variables	Regular ANC attendance		Deliveries attended by skilled health professionals		Deliveries at health facilities
	Crude OR	(95%CI)	Crude OR	(95%CI)	Crude OR	(95%CI)
Age
>30	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
≤30	7.35 a)	3.85–14.05	7.46 a)	3.09–18.01	5.29 a)	2.79–10.02
Age at the first marriage
≤15	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
16–17	4.22 a)	1.72–10.33	3.54 a)	1.46–8.61	3.05 a)	1.42–6.56
≥18	12.66 a)	5.06–31.78	3.33 a)	1.40–7.93	3.71 a)	1.72–8.01
Level of education
no formal education	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
≥primary school	5.59 a)	2.98–10.47	2.98 a)	1.36–6.54	5.42 a)	2.78–10.57
Experience of husbands’ physical assaults
yes	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
no	2.56 a)	1.41–4.66	1.54	0.76–3.14	1.22	0.68–2.22
Awareness of community activities
no	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
yes	2.19 b)	1.18–4.04	1.43	0.66–3.10	1.51	0.81–2.84
Cash income
no	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
yes	0.52	0.25–1.09	0.79	0.34–1.85	0.51	0.25–1.04
Decision-making on household issues
score≤3	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
score>3	0.57	0.32–1.03	0.93	0.46–1.90	0.71	0.39–1.28
Decision-making on household expenditure
score≤5	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
score>5	0.63	0.35–1.12	0.88	0.43–1.80	0.79	0.44–1.43
Level of husbands’ education
≤primary school	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
>primary school	2.31 a)	1.26–4.23	2.38 b)	1.05–5.36	2.82 a)	1.46–5.42
Family structure
nuclear	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
extended	1.83 b)	1.02–3.26	3.33 a)	1.54–7.18	2.28 a)	1.25–4.15
Availability of household chores assistance
no	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
yes	1.05	0.58–1.92	0.93	0.44–1.95	0.92	0.50–1.71

^a) p value < 0.01

^b) p value < 0.05