Table 5. Factors associated with the health seeking behaviours for ANC and institutional delivery.
| Ever ANC | 4+ANC | Institutional delivery | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | |
| Intervention | ||||||
| Pre-intervention | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Post-intervention | 7.18 | 3.47–16.89*** | 5.09 | 3.31–7.84*** | 2.56 | 1.72–3.89*** |
| Characteristics of mothers | ||||||
| Age | 0.96 | 0.91–1.02 | 0.92 | 0.88–0.96*** | 1.00 | 0.97–1.04 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Brahmin/Chetri | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Janajati | 1.28 | 0.64–2.59 | 0.59 | 0.36–0.99* | 0.93 | 0.58–1.59 |
| Dalit | 0.75 | 0.32–1.77 | 0.64 | 0.34–1.19 | 0.90 | 0.50–1.62 |
| Religion | ||||||
| Hindu | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Buddhist | 1.00 | 0.48–2.10 | 1.63 | 0.99–2.69 | 1.40 | 0.87–2.27 |
| Others | 1.34 | 0.29–6.22 | 0.72 | 0.33–1.60 | 1.43 | 0.63–3.22 |
| Mothers’ Education | ||||||
| No education | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Primary | 0.70 | 0.31–1.57 | 0.80 | 0.46–1.40 | 1.56 | 0.93–2.65 |
| Secondary and higher | 1.13 | 0.48–2.66 | 1.05 | 0.47–1.45 | 1.44 | 0.85–2.44 |
| Husbands’ education | ||||||
| Illiterate | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Primary education | 2.07 | 0.84–5.94 | 1.72 | 0.94–3.12 | 2.13 | 1.24–3.66** |
| Secondary and higher | 0.94 | 0.39–2.26 | 1.42 | 0.77–2.62 | 3.88 | 2.19–6.89*** |
| Wealth index | ||||||
| Richer | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rich | 0.42 | 0.09–1.94 | 0.51 | 0.21–1.22 | 0.49 | 0.23–1.03 |
| Poor | 0.74 | 0.14–3.78 | 0.32 | 0.13–0.80** | 0.48 | 0.22–1.06 |
| Poorer | 0.495 | 0.101–2.425 | 0.17 | 0.07–0.42*** | 0.47 | 0.21–1.03 |
*P-value <0.05
**P-value<0.01
***P-value<0.001