Table 3. Factors associated with caesarean birth among women who gave birth in selected public and private health facilities in Bahir Dar city, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 708).

Factors	Category	Caesarean birth		COR (95%CI)	AOR (95%CI)
		No	Yes
Health facility type	Public	258	98	1	1
	Private	154	198	3.38(2.47,4.63)***	3.45(2.24,5.34)***
Age	15–24	117	47	0.47(0.28,0.79)
	25–34	242	204	0.99(0.64,1.54)
	>35	53	45	1	1
Women Educational status	No formal education	86	24	1
	Primary	88	40	1.62(0.90,2.92)
	Secondary	119	68	2.04(1.19,3.52)**
	College and above	119	164	4.93(2.96,8.22)**	2.64(1.31,5.3)**
Women occupation	House wife	267	133	1
	Government employee	85	117	2.76(1.95,3.91)***
	Self-employee	59	45	1.53(0.98,2.37)
	NGO	1	1	2.0(0.12,32.34)
Spouse educational status	No formal education	86	16	1
	Primary	45	20	2.38(1.12,5.05)*
	Secondary	85	57	3.60(1.91,6.77)***
	College and above	192	196	5.48(3.10,9.69)***
Residency	Rural	55	7	1	1
	Urban	357	289	6.36(2.85,14.17)***	4.8(1.8,12.76))***
Gravida	One	156	179	2.49(1.44,4.27)**
	Two	83	108	2.19(1.23,3.89)**
	Three	36	65	1.58(0.83,3.0)
	Four &above	21	60	1
Parity	Para one	162	181	2.55(1.49,4.38)**
	Two	80	106	2.15(1.21,3.83)**
	Three	33	65	1.45(0.75,2.77)
	Four & above	21	60
Gestational age(weeks)	<37	25	9	1
	37–42	384	280	2.02(0.93,4.4)
	>42	3	7	6.48(1.37,30.6)*
Fetal presentation	Cephalic	390	267	1	1
	Breech	22	29	1.92(1.08,3.42)***	3.16(1.56,6.39)**
Wealth index	Lowest	61	23	1
	Second	106	73	1.82(1.03,3.2)*
	Medium	78	55	1.87(1.03,3.37)*
	Fourth	117	89	2.01(1.16,3.5)*
	Highest	49	56	3.03(1.64,5.61)***
Referral status	Not referred	307	242	1	1
	Referred	105	54	0.65(0.45,0.94)	2.71(1.60,4.59)***

*statically significant at 0.05 < P<0.01

** 0.01<p<0.001

***<0.001