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. 2020 Mar 30;20:265. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05121-9

Table 4.

Factors associated with institutional delivery service utilization among urban and rural mothers in Mana district, Ethiopia, 2017

Variables Place of delivery COR (95%) AOR (95%)
Home Health facility
Age of mothers
15–24 35 (7.0) 468 (93.0) 15.28 (5.24, 44.64) 15.7 (4.05, 60.9)**
25–39 150 (16.5) 756 (83.4) 5.76 (2.06, 16.12) 8.95 (2.51, 31.9)
40–49 8 (53.3) 7 (46.7) 1 1
Educational status of the mother
Unable to read and write 88 (22.1) 309 (77.8) 1 1
Can read & write only 68 (25.3) 201 (74.7) 0.84 (0.58, 1.21) 0.69 (0.42, 1.15)
Primary & above 37 (4.9) 721 (95.1) 5.55 (3.69, 8.33) 1.81 (0.96, 3.41)
Educational status of the husband
Unable to read & write 53 (29.1) 129 (70.9) 1 1
Can read & write only 48 (20.3) 188 (79.7) 1.61 (1.03, 2.52) 1.62 (0.95, 2.71)
Primary and above 81 (8.3) 889 (91.6) 4.51 (3.05, 6.67) 3.84 (2.12, 6.98)**
Number of ANC follow up
< =2 times 45 (41.7) 63 (58.3) 1 1
Three times 52 (8.2) 580 (91.8) 7.97 (4.94, 12.83) 7.36 (3.98, 13.61)**
4 and above 73 (11.1) 584 (88.8) 5.71 (3.63, 8.99) 9.55 (5.05, 18.07)
Knowledge on the danger sign of labor
Poor 177 (15.8) 943 (84.2) 1 1
Good 16 (5.2) 288 (94.7) 3.38 (1.99, 5.73) 1.99 (1.05, 3.79)*
Wealth index
Poorest 75 (26.0) 214 (74.0) 1 1
Poorer 27 (11.2) 215 (88.8) 2.79 (1.73, 4.51) 2.42 (1.304, 4.48)*
Middle 35 (11.7) 263 (88.3) 2.63 (1.69, 4.09) 1.81 (1.03, 3.18)*
Richer 29 (9.5) 276 (90.5) 3.34 (2.09, 5.31) 2.81 (1.53, 5.14)*
Richest 24 (8.7) 251 (91.2) 3.67 (2.24, 6.01) 3.105 (1.66, 5.81)**
Mode of travel
By foot 80 (17.1) 387 (82.9) 1 1
Motorized 105 (11.0) 844 (89.0) 1.66 (1.21, 2.27) 1.43 (0.94, 2.19)
Travel time to nearby health facility
Less than 30 min 82 (8.9) 839 (91.1) 2.87 (2.11, 3.91) 1.81 (1.19, 2.74)
More than 30 min 111 (22.1) 392 (78.0) 1 1

NP: * = p value < 0.05, ** = p value< 0.001