Table 4.

Logistic regression of factors associated with use of SP for malaria prevention in pregnancy

Demographic and socioeconomic variables		Standardized coefficient	p-value	Adjusted OR	95% C.I. for OR	Unadjusted OR
Age category	*15–19		0.01
	20–24	0.264	0.01	1.30	1.08–1.58	5.37
	25–29	0.298	<0.01	1.35	1.12–1.62	7.28
	30–34	0.309	<0.01	1.36	1.13–1.64	7.95
	35–39	0.211	0.04	1.23	1.01–1.50	6.13
	40–44	0.123	0.27	1.31	0.91–1.41	3.40
	45–49	0.140	0.33	1.15	0.87–1.52	1.31
Media exposure (newspaper, radio, television)	*Not exposed		0.03
	Exposed to 1 source only	–0.011	0.86	0.99	0.88–1.11	1.165
	Exposed to any 2 sources	–0.108	0.07	0.90	0.79–1.01	1.108
	Exposed to all 3 sources	0.103	0.16	1.11	0.96–1.28	1.244
Region	*North Central		<0.001
	North East	0.603	<0.001	1.83	1.61–2.08	1.40
	North West	1.254	<0.001	3.50	3.07–3.99	1.41
	South East	–0.275	<0.001	0.76	0.65–0.89	0.69
	South South	–0.526	<0.001	0.59	0.51–0.69	0.53
	South West	–0.253	<0.001	0.78	0.68–0.89	0.91
Residence	*Urban vs Rural	–0.002	0.96	0.99	0.90–1.10	0.86**
Wealth index	*Poorest		<0.001
	Poorer	0.05	0.47	1.06	0.91–1.22	1.340**
	Middle	0.288	<0.001	1.33	1.15–1.56	1.441
	Richer	0.510	<0.001	1.67	1.41–1.97	1.523
	Richest	0.587	<0.001	1.80	1.49–2.17	1.404
Place of ANC	*Public vs Private	–0.393	<0.001	0.68	0.60–0.76	0.50
Number of ANC visits	*< 4 vs ≥ 4 visits	0.38	<0.001	1.46	1.31–1.63	4.18
First antenatal check	*First trimester		0.01
	Second trimester	0.09	0.07	1.09	0.99–1.19	1.21**
	Third trimester	–0.04	0.62	0.96	0.83–1.12	1.12