Table 5.

Logistic regression analysis on consistency between preferred and actual mode of birth^a

	OR	95.0 % CI for OR
		Lower	Upper
Woman’s place of household registration (reference: urban areas)	1.7	1.0	2.9
Husband’s preferred mode of birth (reference: VB)	4.4	1.8	10.8
Prenatal examination (reference: normal)	3.9	2.2	6.9
Doctor’s suggestion (reference: no suggestion)
Suggest VB	0.8	0.3	2.1
Suggest CS	24.8	3.8	161.9
Not clearly expressed	1.4	0.4	5.6
Constant	0.4

Note: ^aWhether mothers of infants who preferred VB during pregnancy changed their mode of birth choice was set as the dependent variable (no change = 0, changed from VB to CS = 1)

Variables entered into the multivariate model included age, women’s place of household registration, husbands’ preferred mode of birth, result of prenatal examination, doctor’s suggestion, whether the mother had health insurance, history of abortion and self-assessed health status