Table 5.

Logistic regression of factors that influence timing of ANC attendance of the respondents in Axum town, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, June 2017 (n = 386)

Variables		Timing of ANC			COR with 95% CI	AOR with 95% CI
		Timely Bookers n = 106(%))	Late Bookers n = 280 (%))	Total n (%)	COR (CI)	AOR (CI)
Maternal education	Primary and below	23 (18)	105 (82)	128 (33.2)	1	1
	Secondary and above	83 (32.2)	175 (67.8)	258 (66.8)	2.165 (1.285, 3.647)	2.619 (1.216, 5.642)
Intended pregnancy	Yes	92 (32.6)	190 (67.4)	282 (73.1)	3.113 (1.682, 5.761)	2.873 (1.231, 6.707)
	No	14 (13.5)	90 (86.5)	104 (26.9)	1	1
Complication in previous pregnancy n = 237	Yes	24 (39.3)	37 (60.7)	61 (25.7)	1.946 (1.050,3.605)	1.756(.810, 3.807)
	No	44 (25.0)	132 (75.0)	176 (74.3)	1	1
Problem in current pregnancy	Yes	32 (49.2)	33 (50.8)	65 (16.8)	3.237 (1.865, 5.617)	3.596 (1.525, 8.481)
	No	74 (23.1)	247 (76.9)	321 (83.2)	1	1
Advice from significant others	Yes	49 (34.3)	94 (65.7)	143 (37)	1.701 (1.079, 2.682)	2. 333 (1.101, 4.945)
	No	57 (23.5)	186 (76.5)	243 (63)	1	1
Perceived time to start ANC	Appropriate	61 (37.2)	103 (62.8)	164 (42.5)	2.329 (1.477, 3.673)	3.445 (1.611, 7.364)
	In appropriate	45 (20.3)	177 (79.7)	222 (57.5)	1	1
Number of alive children n = 230	1–2	58 (31.7)	125 (68.3)	183 (79.6)	2.651 (1.121, 6.274	1.367 (.503, 3.715)
	> 2	7 (14.9)	40 (85.1)	47 (20.4)	1	1
Maternal knowledge	Good	71 (31.7)	153 (68.3)	224 (58.0)	1.684 (1.054, 2.689)	2.748 (1.074, 7.034)
	Poor	35 (21.6)	127 (78.4)	162 (42.0)	1	1
Decision of ANC initiation	With husband	70 (30.2)	162 (69.8)	232 (60.1)	1.416 (.888, 2.259)	.887 (.406, 1.939)
	My self	36 (23.4)	118 (76.6)	154 (39.9)	1	1
Did your husband encourage you to attend ANC timely?	Yes	100 (29.2)	244 (70.9)	344 (89.1)	2.459 (1.005, 6.018)	.629 (.171, 2.314)
	No	6 (14.3)	36 (85.7)	42 (10.9)	1	1

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