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. 2017 Sep 4;8(1):592. doi: 10.4081/jphia.2017.592

Table 2.

Univariate and multivariable regression analysis of the association between facility-based delivery and maternal factors, Uganda DHS 2011, 4907 women in total.*

Background/variable Univariate Multivariable
OR 95%C1 aOR 95%CI Sig
Lower Upper Lower Upper
Current marital status
      Never in Union (ref) n=216 1.00 1.00
      Married n=2338 0.43 0.31 0.60 1.11 0.76 1.62 0.58
      Living with partner n=1790 0.50 0.36 0.70 1.06 0.73 1.54 0.77
      Widowed n=118 0.37 0.23 0.59 1.12 0.66 1.93 0.67
      Divorced n=34 0.63 0.29 1.38 1.07 0.44 2.59 0.89
      Not together/separated n=409 0.65 0.44 0.94 1.23 0.84 1.88 0.34
Age in 5 year groups
      15-19 (ref) n=375 1.00 1.00
      20-24 n=1181 0.79 0.62 1.02 0.75 0.57 0.98 0.36
      25-29 n=1362 0.65 0.50 0.83 0.70 0.52 0.94 0.02
      30-34 n=871 0.59 0.46 0.77 0.74 0.53 1.04 0.85
      35-39 n=686 0.63 0.47 0.82 1.00 0.69 1.45 0.99
      40-44 n=324 0.46 0.34 0.63 0.77 0.51 1.18 0.23
      45-49 n=108 0.37 0.24 0.57 0.80 0.46 1.39 0.43
Type of place of residence
      Rural n=3722 1.00 1.00
      Urban n=1185 8.36 6.83 10.25 3.38 2.66 4.28 <0.001
Education level
      No education (ref) n=858 1.00 1.00
      Primary n=2849 2.40 2.06 2.81 1.71 1.44 2.03 <0.001
      Secondary n=967 8.38 6.73 10.42 3.07 2.37 3.96 <0.001
      Higher n=233 37.31 19.51 71.35 9.01 4.55 17.84 <0.001
Wealth index
      Lowest (ref) n=l 193 1.00 1.00
      Fourth n=932 1.86 1.56 2.21 1.53 1.27 1.83 <0.001
      Middle n=840 2.04 1.70 2.44 1.52 1.26 1.84 <0.001
      Second n=794 2.84 2.36 3.44 1.78 1.46 2.19 <0.001
      Highest n=l 148 14.07 11.21 17.67 3.69 2.79 4.87 <0.001
Total number of children
      1-3 (ref) n=2303 1.00 1.00
      4-6 n=1562 0.56 0.49 0.64 0.78 0.64 0.95 0.01
      7-10 n=923 0.44 0.38 0.52 0.75 0.57 0.98 0.04
      11-15 n=119 0.39 0.27 0.57 0.75 0.46 1.22 0.25

*Maternal-related factors: current marital status, age in five year groups, type of place of residence, education level, wealth index and total number of children. OR, odds ratio; Lower, lower confidence interval; Upper, upper confidence interval; aOR, adjusted odds ratio; Sig, significance/P-value.