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. 2019 Mar 21;85(1):44. doi: 10.5334/aogh.920

Table 1.

Characteristics of the sample and their association with facility delivery.

Total Nonfacility delivery Facility delivery Unadjusted analysisa

n (%)
n = 215
n (%)
n = 115
n (%)
n = 100
ORb P-value 95% CIb

Region

n = 215 n = 115 n = 100
   SNNP 64 (30%) 48 (42%) 16 (16%) 1.00
   Oromia 60 (28%) 29 (25%) 31 (31%) 3.21 0.064 0.93–11.03
   Tigray 14 (7%) 8 (7%) 6 (6%) 2.25 0.521 0.18–28.64
   Amhara 77 (36%) 30 (26%) 47 (47%) 4.70 0.028 1.19–18.49
Age of Child

    n = 214 n = 114 n = 100
   2–10 weeks 52 (24%) 25 (22%) 27 (27%) 1.00
   11–20 weeks 101 (47%) 49 (43%) 52 (52%) 0.98 0.955 0.53–1.83
   21–30 weeks 61 (29%) 40 (35%) 21 (21%) 0.49 0.065 0.23–1.04
Sex of child

    n = 214 n = 114 n = 100
   Female 107 (50%) 63 (55%) 44 (44%) 1.00
   Male 108 (50%) 52 (45%) 56 (56%) 1.54 0.177 0.81–2.92
Age of respondent (mother)

    n = 213 n = 113 n = 100
   15–24 years 69 (33%) 32 (28%) 37 (37%) 1.00
   25–34 years 111 (52%) 61 (54%) 40 (40%) 0.71 0.353 0.34–1.49
   35 years or older 33 (15%) 20 (18%) 13 (13%) 0.56 0.188 0.24–1.34
Marital status

    n = 213 n = 113 n = 100
   Currently married/living together 201 (94%) 110 (97%) 91 (91%) 1.00
   Formerly married or never married 12 (6%) 3 (3%) 9 (9%) 3.63 0.064 0.92–14.23
Maternal education

    n = 213 n = 115 n = 98
   None 87 (41%) 62 (54%) 25 (26%) 1.00
   Primary 88 (41%) 46 (40%) 42 (43%) 2.26 0.036 1.06–4.85
   Secondary or higher 38 (18%) 7 (6%) 31 (32%) 10.98 0.000 3.61–33.42
Religion

    n = 215 n = 115 n = 100
   Orthodox 81 (38%) 40 (35%) 41 (41%) 1.00
   Protestant 65 (30%) 43 (38%) 22 (22%) 0.50 0.243 0.15–1.64
   Muslim 68 (32%) 32 (28%) 36 (36%) 1.10 0.848 0.41–2.92
   Other 1 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%) N/Ab N/A N/A
Ethnicity

    n = 215 n = 115 n = 100
   Hadiya 34 (16%) 26 (23%) 8 (8%) 1.00
   Oromo 38 (18%) 22 (19%) 16 (16%) 2.36 0.230 0.56–9.89
   Amhara 88 (41%) 35 (30%) 53 (53%) 4.92 0.037 1.10–21.96
   Gamo 23 (11%) 13 (11%) 10 (10%) 2.50 0.367 0.33–19.19
   Other 32 (15%) 19 (17%) 13 (10%) 2.22 0.352 0.40–12.45
Wealth score

    n = 213 n = 115 n = 108
   Quintile 1 44 (21%) 41 (36%) 3 (3%) 1.00
   Quintile 2 42 (20%) 32 (28%) 10 (9%) 4.27 0.040 1.08–16.94
   Quintile 3 42 (20%) 21 (19%) 33 (30%) 13.67 0.001 3.44–54.30
   Quintile 4 44 (21%) 11 (10%) 31 (29%) 41.0 <0.001 9.83–171.0
   Quintile 5 41 (20%) 10 (9%) 31 (29%) 42.36 <0.001 10.11–177.6
Parity

    n = 210 n = 112 n = 98
   First birth 65 (31%) 23 (21%) 42 (43%) 1.00
   2–4 births 104 (50%) 58 (52%) 46 (47%) 0.43 0.005 0.25–0.76
   5 or more births 41 (20%) 31 (28%) 10 (10%) 0.18 <0.001 0.08–0.42
Number of ANC visits

    n = 214 n = 114 n = 100
   Less than 4 105 (49%) 74 (65%) 31 (31%) 1.00
   4 or more 109 (51%) 40 (35%) 69 (69%) 4.12 <0.001 2.28–7.43
Time of labor start

    n = 204 n = 108 n = 96
   Day (between 6 am to 5 pm) 99 (49%) 47 (44%) 52 (54%) 1.00
   Night (between 6 pm to 5 am) 105 (52%) 61 (56%) 44 (46%) 0.65 0.219 0.33–1.31
Distance to health center

    n = 214 n = 114 n = 100
   Less than 30 minutes 42 (20%) 8 (7%) 34 (34%) 1.00
   30–59 minutes 64 (30%) 23 (20%) 41 (41%) 0.42 0.130 0.13–1.31
   More than 1 hour 108 (51%) 83 (73%) 25 (25%) 0.07 <0.001 0.02–0.21
Knowledge of pregnancy danger signs

    n = 210 n = 110 n = 100
   Know at least one danger sign 147 (70%) 69 (63%) 78 (78%) 1.00
   Do not know any danger signs 63 (30%) 41 (37%) 22 (22%) 2.11 0.055 0.98–4.52

a Unadjusted analysis using logistic regression accounting for clustering by enumeration area.

b Confidence interval (CI), odds ratio (OR), not available (N/A).