Table 3.

“Experience of care” score category (better versus worse experience): multiple logistic regression parameters for independent variables representing facility, provider, and client characteristics

Variable	Odd ratio	P value	95% Confdence Interval
			Lower	Upper
Client age group (years)
13–19	2.03	0.013	1.15	3.54
20–25	1.06	0.702	0.78	1.45
26+	Reference
Client education
No school attendance	Reference
Primary	1.06	0.777	0.72	1.57
Secondary	1.17	0.590	0.67	2.05
Higher education	1.05	0.962	0.13	8.23
Service provider profession
Clinician	Reference
Nurse	1.18	0.616	0.62	2.25
Health surveillance assistant	1.00	1.000	0.43	2.33
Service provider gender
Male	Reference
Female	0.97	0.895	0.65	1.45
Service provider family planning training
Within previous 3 years	Reference
More than 3 years prior or never	0.87	0.480	0.59	1.28
Facility location
Urban	Reference
Rural	1.15	0.610	0.77	1.96
Facility type
Hospital	Reference
Health centre	0.96	0.873	0.58	1.59
Dispensary	1.40	0.480	0.55	3.60
Clinic	1.56	0.311	0.66	3.72
Facility management
Government	Reference
Christian Health Association of Malawi	0.66	0.125	0.39	1.12
Private	0.48	0.109	0.20	1.18
Nongovernmental organisation	1.37	0.462	0.59	3.15
Company	1.20	0.730	0.43	3.39