Table 6.

Multivariate coefficients and 95% confidence intervals from Poisson regression models of factors associated with pregnancy knowledge among women surveyed in 2015 and 2017 at postpartum, postnatal, or child welfare visits in two areas of Malawi

	Full sample Pregnancy knowledge		Area 25 Pregnancy knowledge		Kasungu Pregnancy knowledge
	β	95% CI	β	95% CI	β	95% CI
Sociodemographic Factors
Age group
15–19	0.02	(−0.19; 0.22)	0.13	(− 0.18; 0.44)	−0.06	(− 0.34; 0.22)
20–24	− 0.01	(− 0.19; 0.18)	0.10	(− 0.17; 0.38)	−0.10	(− 0.34; 0.16)
25–29	0.07	(−0.11; 0.25)	0.17	(−0.10; 0.44)	0.01	(−0.23; 0.25)
30–34	0.10	(−0.07; 0.27)	0.17	(−0.10; 0.44)	0.06	(−0.17; 0.28)
35+ (ref)	–		–		–
Education level
None/Primary (ref)	–		–		–
Secondary or higher	0.12	(0.04; 0.20)**	0.11	(−0.00; 0.22)+	0.13	(0.01; 0.24)*
Location
Area 25 (ref)	–		–		–
Kasungu	−0.13	(−0.22; − 0.05)**	NA		NA
Time period
Baseline (2015 - ref)	–		–		–
Endline (2017)	0.02	(−0.06; 0.09)	0.12	(0.01; 0.23)*	−0.08	(−0.18; 0.03)
Key Risk Factors
Parity
1	−0.12	(−0.22; − 0.01)*	−0.09	(− 0.25; 0.07)	−0.16	(− 0.32; − 0.00)*
2 (ref)	–		–		–
3–4	−0.06	(− 0.17; 0.06)	−0.00	(− 0.16; 0.16)	−0.13	(− 0.30; 0.05)
5+	0.01	(−0.16; 0.17)	0.11	(−0.14; 0.35)	−0.08	(− 0.31; 0.16)
Prior Birth Outcome
No prior/Live birth (ref)	–		–		–
Adverse outcome	−0.02	(−0.17; 0.13)	− 0.04	(− 0.23; 0.16)	0.01	(− 0.24; 0.24)
Type of toilet
Not in house (ref)	–		–		–
In house	0.01	(−0.10; 0.11)	0.05	(−0.08; 0.17)	−0.07	(− 0.27; 0.13)
Time to facility (continuous)	0.00	(−0.00; 0.00)	−0.00	(− 0.00; 0.00)	0.00	(− 0.00; 0.00)
Programmatic Factor
Use of maternity waiting home
Not a MWH user	–		–		–
MWH user	−0.04	(−0.12; 0.03)	− 0.05	(− 0.17; 0.07)	−0.024	(− 0.13; 0.09)
Attended community event
No (ref)	–		–		–
Yes	0.10	(0.02; 0.18)*	0.08	(−0.03; 0.20)	0.08	(−0.03; 0.19)
Number of observations	1169		542		627
Adjusted R2	0.0691		0.0640		0.0507

+ p < 0.10 *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001