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. 2017 May 4;32(8):1092–1101. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czx045

Table 4.

Effect of intervention on utilization of ANC and skilled birth care in mid- and far-western Nepal

Parameter Skilled birth care
At least one ANC
Four or more ANC
aOR CI P aOR CI P aOR CI P
Age in years
   <20 Ref
    20–35 0.81 0.70, 0.94 <0.001 0.78 0.61, 1.01 0.06 1.06 0.92, 1.23 0.41
   >35 0.73 0.51, 1.06 0.09 0.49 0.31, 0.57 <0.01 0.65 0.46, 0.92 0.02
Education
    Illiterate Ref
    Non-formal education 1.06 0.90, 1.26 0.47 1.27 1.04, 1.56 0.02 1.39 1.19, 1.62 <0.001
    Primary level 1.70 1.37, 2.10 <0.001 2.95 2.06, 4.23 <0.001 1.92 1.56, 2.36 <0.001
    Secondary level\ 2.02 1.63, 2.50 <0.001 4.76 3.17, 7.16 <0.001 2.56 2.08, 3.14 <0.001
    Higher secondary and above 3.90 2.88, 5.28 <0.001 10.40 4.71, 22.96 <0.001 4.86 3.54, 6.67 <0.001
Occupation
    Agriculture Ref
    Service 1.36 0.82, 2.27 0.23 1.05 0.29, 3.78 0.94 1.16 0.67, 1.98 0.60
    Business 1.55 0.89, 2.68 0.12 1.82 0.54, 6.14 0.33 1.08 0.63, 1.86 0.78
    Wage labour 0.69 0.36, 1.34 0.27 0.62 0.24, 1.57 0.31 0.81 0.43, 1.53 0.52
    House wife 1.19 1.01, 1.41 0.03 0.98 0.76, 1.27 0.89 0.92 0.79, 1.08 0.32
    Others 0.65 0.33, 1.29 0.22 0.78 0.28, 2.14 0.63 0.68 0.36, 1.29 0.24
Ethnicity
    Brahman/Chhetri Ref
    Janajati 1.19 0.93, 1.53 0.17 1.86 1.11, 3.11 0.02 1.06 0.83, 1.34 0.63
    Dalit 1.16 1.00, 1.35 0.05 1.26 1.02, 1.57 0.03 1.07 0.93, 1.23 0.36
    Others 1.17 0.74, 1.85 0.49 0.75 0.39, 1.44 0.39 1.28 0.82, 2.01 0.28
    Intervention time (baseline vs post-intervention) 2.12 1.76,2.56 <0.001 1.36 1.05,1.74 0.02 1.95 1.63,2.33 <0.001
    Intervention group (intervention vs control) 0.54 0.29, 0.99 0.05 0.81 0.51,1.30 0.40 0.77 0.52,1.13 0.18
Effects of intervention on SBA service utilization
    Post-intervention 1.57 1.19, 2.08 <0.001 1.42 0.98,2.06 0.06 0.86 0.67,1.10 0.23
    Coefficient of variation 0.390 0.423 0.209

Note: Results are shown for effects of intervention to increase service utilization using mixed-effects model. The results are adjusted for age, education, occupation, ethnicity, intervention time and intervention group. ANC: antenatal care, aOR: adjusted odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, SBA: skilled birth attendant, Ref: Reference.