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. 2016 Sep 13;11(9):e0162017. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162017

Table 4. Predictors of discordance between women’s intentions and behaviors regarding neonatal care: Kenya, 2013.

Characteristics Neonatal care receipt (endline) vs neonatal care intention (baseline) N = 952 Neonatal care receipt (endline) vs neonatal care intention (follow-up) N = 886
OR (95% CI)
Age-group (25–29 = ref)
<20 0.91 (0.41, 2.04) 0.62 (0.23, 1.66)
20–24 0.77 (0.43, 1.38) 0.66 (0.35, 1.26)
30–34 0.87 (0.44, 1.69) 0.63 (0.29, 1.35)
35+ 0.96 (0.45, 2.02) 1.06 (0.48, 2.34)
Primipara (multipara = ref) 0.61 (0.24, 1.52) 0.62 (0.21, 1.86)
Marital status (married/in union, monogamous = ref)
Married/in union, polygamous 1.47 (0.80, 2.69) 1.28 (0.63, 2.59)
Single 1.66 (0.85, 3.22) 2.02 (0.95, 4.27)*
Education (5–8 years = ref)
<5 1.08 (0.43, 2.69) 1.09 (0.40, 2.98)
>9 0.78 (0.45, 1.36) 0.68 (.037, 1.28)
Religion (Protestant = ref)
Catholic 1.19 (0.65, 2.17) 1.05 (0.52, 2.14)
Other 1.12 (0.65, 1.93) 0.75 (0.39, 1.43)
GA at baseline (weeks) 0.99 (0.95, 1.04)
GA at follow-up (weeks) 1.08 (0.81, 1.45)
GA at end of pregnancy (weeks) 0.94 (0.89, 0.98)** 1.12 (1.00, 1.24)**
Self-rated health status (good/very good = ref)
Neither poor nor good 1.08 (0.65, 1.79) 1.11 (0.64, 1.92)
Very poor/Poor 0.52 (0.19, 1.42) 0.55 (0.18, 1.66)
Has chronic medical condition (no = ref) 0.95 (0.52, 1.75) 1.02 (0.53, 1.95)
Main health decision-maker (herself = ref)
Husband 0.97 (0.56, 1.67) 0.95 (0.52, 1.74)
Both 1.19 (0.64, 2.22) 1.12 (0.55, 2.28)
Other 0.51 (0.20, 1.28) 0.62 (0.22, 1.74)
Pregnancy complications at baseline (no = ref) 0.66 (0.33, 1.32)
Pregnancy complications at follow-up (no = ref) 0.69 (0.35, 1.36)
Pregnancy complications developed between baseline & follow-up (no = ref)
Pregnancy complications developed between baseline & endline (no = ref) 0.77 (0.38, 1.55)
Pregnancy complications developed between follow-up & endline (no = ref) 0.54 (0.17, 1.68)
Sought care for pregnancy complications by follow-up time (no = ref)
Sought care for pregnancy complications by endline (no = ref) 1.55 (0.77, 3.11) 1.74 (0.82, 3.71)
Delivery complications (no = ref) 1.10 (0.53, 2.27) 1.31 (0.61, 2.81)
Cesarean (vaginal delivery = ref) 3.09 (0.94, 10.14)* 3.93 (1.15, 13.38)**
Poor/very poor/neither good nor poor self-reported birth experience (good/very good = ref) 1.93 (1.20, 3..11)** 1.46 (0.83, 2.57)
Study site Gem (Asembo = ref) 0.95 (0.59, 1.53) 0.86 (0.51, 1.45)

Notes: OR, odds ratios; CI, confidence interval; all models adjusted for all the factors shown;

*p<0.10;

**p<0.05.