Table 4.
Adjusted odds ratios (aOR) from multivariable logistic regression assessing the likelihood of utilizing maternal health services of recent child within the past five years preceding the survey by women’s autonomy and selected social and demographic characteristics
| Selected predicators | Model I | Model II | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | |||
| Women’s autonomy | ||||||
| Not involved in all three household decisions (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Has any say in all three household decisions | 1.42*** | 1.24 - | 1.64 | 1.40*** | 1.18 - | 1.65 |
| Demographic and socio-economic variables | ||||||
| Age group | ||||||
| Less than 25 years (ref.) | 1.00 | |||||
| 25–29 years | 0.95 | 0.78- | 1.15 | |||
| 30 years or above | 0.77* | 0.62- | 0.96 | |||
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Brahmin/Chhetri (ref.) | 1.00 | |||||
| Janajati | 0.75** | 0.61- | .91 | |||
| Dalit | 0.87 | 0.66- | 1.14 | |||
| Other | 0.78 | 0.59- | 1.03 | |||
| Education | ||||||
| No education (ref.) | 1.00 | |||||
| Primary | 1.81*** | 1.42- | 2.31 | |||
| Secondary or above | 4.06*** | 3.25- | 5.07 | |||
| Religion | ||||||
| Hindu (ref.) | 1.00 | |||||
| Non-Hindu | 0.81 | 0.64- | 1.04 | |||
| Place of residence | ||||||
| Urban (ref.) | 1.00 | |||||
| Rural | 0.51*** | 0.40- | 0.65 | |||
| Wealth index | ||||||
| Poor (ref.) | 1.00 | |||||
| Middle | 1.93*** | 1.53- | 2.42 | |||
| Rich | 4.47*** | 3.61- | 5.53 | |||
| Involvement in community group | ||||||
| Not involved in any community group (ref.) | 1.00 | |||||
| Involvement in community group | 1.02 | 0.86- | 1.20 | |||
| Constant | 0.324*** | 0.165*** | ||||
| - 2 log likelihood | 4828.3 | 3799.5 | ||||
| Cox & Snell R Square | 0.006 | 0.224 | ||||
*** Significant at p < 0.001; ** = p < 0.01 and * = p < 0.05