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. 2016 Jul 1;6(7):e010493. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010493

Table 2.

Population attributable risk (PAR) for adjusted significant factors

Variable %† Adjusted OR PAR (95% CI)
Environmental factor
Residence type
 Urban 0.23 1.00
 Rural 0.77 1.69 0.31 (0.21 to 0.39)
Sociodemographic factor
Household wealth index
 Rich 0.06 1.00
 Middle 0.30 1.15 0.04 (0.02 to 0.24)
 Poor 0.64 1.66 0.26 (0.21 to 0.45)
Mother's education
 Secondary or higher 0.17 1.00
 Primary 0.17 0.98 n/a
 No education 0.66 1.37 0.18 (0.10 to 0.33)
Health knowledge
Frequency of watching television
 At least once a week 0.16 1.00
 Less than once a week 0.14 1.23 0.03 (0.02 to 0.27)
 Never 0.70 1.63 0.27 (0.21 to 0.38)
Knowledge of delivery complications
 Yes 0.26 1.00
 None 0.73 2.05 0.37 (0.31 to 0.45)
Enabling factor
Behaviour of health workers
 Not a big problem 0.79 1.00
 Big problem 0.20 1.18 0.03 (0.02 to 0.25)
Need factor
Mother's perceived birth size
 Large 0.42 1.00
 Average 0.40 1.03 0.01 (0.009 to 0.12)
 Small 0.18 1.41 0.05 (0.03 to 0.25)
Previous use of health services
Delivery assistance
 Health professional 0.15 1.00
 Non-health professional 0.85 3.5 0.61 (0.55 to 0.75)
Place of delivery
 Health facility 0.11 1.00
 Home 0.88 4.51 0.68 (0.56 to 0.76)

†Proportion of mothers who did not use postnatal care services.