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. 2019 Feb 11;19:64. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2216-8

Table 6.

Factors associated postnatal care attendance among mothers who delivered at home after four or more ANC visits, Ethiopia, 2016

Characteristics of Mothers Postnatal
Care Attendance
COR(95% CI) AOR(95% CI)
Age of the mother at birth 1.0 (1.0–1.1) 1.0 (1.0–1.1)
Educational level
 No education 1.00 1.0
 Primary 0.9 (0.5–1.8) 0.9 (0.4–1.9)
 Secondary& above 1.4 (0.4–5.3) 0.7 (0.2–2.9)
Religion
 Christian 1.8 (0.8–4.1) 0.8 (0.4–1.7)
 Other 1.0 1.0
Marital status
 Married/in union 1.0 1.0
 Other 1.1 (0.4–3.0) 0.1.0 (0.4–2.6)
Place of residence
 Urban 3.8 (1.5–9.9)*** 1.3 (0.5–3.8)
 Rural 1.0 1.0
Wealth index
 Poorest 1.0 1.0
 Poorer 0.4 (0.1–1.4) 0.4 (0.1–1.4)
 Middle 1.6 (0.6–3.8) 1.4 (0.5–3.5)
 Richer 1.0 (0.4–2.7) 0.8 (0.3–2.2)
 Richest 3.2 (1.3–7.9)*** 1.8 (0.7–4.8)
Mother’s current working Status
 No 1.0 1.0
 Yes 1.6 (0.9–2.8) 1.4 (0.8–2.7)
Birth order
 First 0.6 (0.2–1.7) 1.5 (0.4–5.0)
 2–4 1.2 (0.6–2.4) 1.0 (0.2–4.7)
Five or more 1.0 1.0
Perceived distance to health facility
 Big problem 1.0 1.0
 Not a big problem 2.7 (1.5–5.0)*** 1.9 (1.0–3.8)
Wanted status of child
 Wanted then 1.0 1.0
 Wanted later 1.5 (0.7–3.3) 1.30.6–3.1)
Wanted no more 1.8 (0.7–4.8) 1.6 (0.5–4.5)
Receiving components of ANC 1.5 (1.2–1.9)*** 1.40 (1.1–1.8)*

***p < 0.05