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. 2020 Jul 20;8(7):e17665. doi: 10.2196/17665

Table 3.

Predictors of women’s adoption of mobile health service.

Variables High satisfaction Recalled short code

Adjusted ORa (95% CI) P value Adjusted OR (95% CI) P value
Who accessed messages

Women 1.72 (1.12-2.63) .01 2.88 (1.90-4.36) <.001

Women or family member (reference) 1 (N/Ab) N/A 1 (N/A) N/A
Age of respondents (years)

<20 0.88 (0.43-1.85) .89 1.01 (0.50-2.03) .97

20-24 0.84 (0.49-1.43) .84 1.81 (1.08-3.04) .02

≥25 (reference) 1 (N/A) N/A 1 (N/A) N/A
Educational qualification of women

No/primary (reference) 1 (N/A) N/A 1 (N/A) N/A

Junior secondary 0.96 (0.58-1.59) .88 1.17 (0.72-1.90) .51

Secondary or higher 1.08 (0.60-1.92) .80 2.28 (1.30-4.02) .004
Family monthly income, BDTc (US $)

≤10,000 (118.15; reference) 1 (N/A) N/A 1 (N/A) N/A

10,001-20,000 (118.15-236.30) 1.96 (1.24-3.11) .004 1.44 (0.92-2.26) .11

>20,000 (236.30) 2.48 (1.25-4.93) .009 1.66 (0.86-3.20) .13
First-time pregnancy

Yes 1.12 (0.66-1.89) .66 1.10 (0.65-1.80) .71

No (reference) 1 (N/A) N/A 1 (N/A) N/A
Number of antenatal care visits

>4 2.86 (1.82-4.48) <.001 1.17 (0.75-1.82) .48

≤4 (reference) 1 (N/A) N/A 1 (N/A) N/A
Place of residence

Urban 0.56 (0.29-1.09) .09 1.34 (0.74-2.45) .33

Rural (reference) 1 (N/A) N/A 1 (N/A) N/A
Districts

District A 3.88 (1.50-10.00) .005 1.49 (0.65-3.44) .35

District B 2.39 (1.17-4.86) .01 0.99 (0.52-1.93) .99

District C 1.70 (0.73-3.95) .16 1.08 (0.48-2.41) .85

District D 3.19 (1.25-8.15) .01 1.44 (0.60-3.44) .41

District E (reference) 1 (N/A) N/A 1 (N/A) N/A

aOR: odds ratio.

bNot applicable.

cBDT: Bangladeshi Taka.