Table 2.

Factors associated with facility-based delivery among women of reproductive age from the Digo community residing in Kwale, Kenya (restricting to only those who reported a previous birth, n = 632)

	Univariate		Multivariatea
	OR (95% CI)	P-value	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Respondent’s age (years)
< 30	Reference
≥ 30	0.8 (0.5–1.2)	0.217
Husband/partner’s age (years)
< 40	Reference
≥ 40	0.5 (0.3–0.9)	0.013	0.7 (0.4–1.3)	0.262
Age started living with husband/partner (years)
< 20	Reference
≥ 20	1.1 (0.7–2.4)	0.360
School attendance (respondent)
Never attended school	Reference
Ever attended school	2.0 (1.2–3.2)	0.004	1.9 (1.1–3.3)	0.030
Years of education (respondent)
< 8 years	Reference
≥ 8 years	1.4 (1.0–2.1)	0.072
School attendance (husband/partner)
Never attended school	Reference
Ever attended school	1.3 (0.7–2.4)	0.360
ANC attendance
Did not attend ANC	Reference
Attended ANC	2.4 (0.7–8.7)	0.175
Ideal ANC attendanceb
No	Reference
Yes	2.3 (1.4–3.7)	0.001	2.0 (1.0–3.8)	0.040
Marital status
Not in a marital union	Reference
In a marital union	1.4 (0.9–2.4)	0.159
Not living with marital partner	Reference
Living with marital partner	1.3 (0.8–2.1)	0.376
Monogamous	Reference
Polygamous	0.6 (0.3–0.9)	0.024	0.7 (0.4–1.3)	0.228
Pregnancy intention
Didn’t want to get pregnant	Reference
Wanted to get pregnant	1.5 (1.0–2.2)	0.040	1.5 (0.9–2.6)	0.106
Gainfully employed past 12 months
No	Reference
Yes	0.6 (0.4–1.2)	0.138

^aAdjusted for husband/partner’s age, education (both respondent’s and husband/partner’s), ideal ANC attendance, being in a polygamous relationship and pregnancy intention

^bConstitutes having attended ≥ 4 ANC visits, having received information on pregnancy danger signs, having received ≥ 3 tetanus toxoid vaccinations, having received anti-malarial, anti-helminthic and hematinic supplementation