Table 3.

Logistic regression analysis of factors associated with postnatal care utilization of the respondents in Debretabour, Ethiopia, 2017(n = 588)

Variables	Postnatal care utilization		COR(CI)	AOR(CI)	p-values
Marital status	Yes	No
Married	310	211	3.23 (1.50–6.96)	1.27 (0.44–3.68)
Divorced	13	12	2.38 (0.80–7.04)	2.61 (0.77–8.85)
Widowed	5	5	2.20 (0.51–9.35)	1.31 (0.24–6.96)
Single	10	22	1.00	1.00
Educational status of women
Unable to read and write	38	64	1.00	1.00
Can read and write	35	33	1.78 (0.95–3.32)	1.70 (0.88–3.28)
Primary education	80	78	1.72 (1.03–2.87)	1.47 (0.86–2.53)
Secondary education and above	185	75	4.15 (2.56–6.73)	3.29 (1.94–5.57)	0.000
Monthly income
< 500 ETB	9	22	1.00	1.00
500–1500 ETB	55	66	2.03 (0.86–4.78)	2.18 (0.88–5.41)
> 1500 ETB	274	162	4.13 (1.85–9.19)	2.85 (1.21–6.68)	0.016
Decision making power on her health
Self	52	55	1.47 (0.71–3.07)	1.75 (0.64–4.78)
Both	270	170	2.48 (1.28–4.78)	1.59 (0.69–3.68)
Husband	16	25	1.00	1.00
Decision making power on her child health
Self	38	51	0.88 (0.45–1.73)	0.99 (0.47–2.10)
Both	274	168	1.94 (1.11–3.38)	1.36 (0.73–2.52)
Husband	26	31	1.00	1.00
Parity
One	122	81	2.07 (1.02–4.18)	1.41 (0.61–3.24)
Tow-four	200	147	1.87 (0.94–3.68)	1.16 (0.53–2.51)
Five and above	16	22	1.00	1.00
Birth outcome of the last pregnancy
Alive	335	235	7.12 (2.04–24.89)	5.70 (1.53–21.21)	0.009
Still birth	3	15	1.00	1.00
Nature of the last pregnancy
Planned and supported	236	160	4.58 (2.10–9.98)	3.94 (1.72–9.01)	0.001
Unplanned but supported	93	62	4.66 (2.06–10.56)	4.40 (1.84–10.52)	0.001
Unplanned and unsupported	9	28	1.00	1.00
Place of delivery
Home	7	22	1.00	1.00
Health facility	331	228	4.56 (1.91–10.85)	3.08 (1.24–7.68)	0.015