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. 2020 Oct 26;10(10):e037745. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037745

Table 3.

Predictors of utilisation of any antenatal social service (excluding midwives): univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses

Univariable Multivariable
OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
Age (years) 0.92 0.90 to 0.94 <0.001 0.94 0.92 to 0.97 <0.001
Primiparous (vs multiparous) 2.13 1.75 to 2.60 <0.001 1.61 1.28 to 2.03 <0.001
Marital status*
 Married, living together with husband Ref Ref
 Unmarried, living together with partner 6.42 5.15 to 8.00 <0.001 5.48 4.36 to 6.90 <0.001
 Unmarried and without partner, divorced or widowed 9.75 5.68 to 16.73 <0.001 10.78 6.15 to 18.87 <0.001
Educational level†
 Low (<10 years of schooling) 1.76 1.30 to 2.39 <0.001 1.28 0.90 to 1.82 0.165
 Medium (10 years of schooling) Ref Ref
 High (university entrance level) 1.12 0.91 to 1.39 0.274 1.44 1.13 to 1.84 0.003
Employed before giving birth 0.77 0.59 to 1.01 0.059 0.76 0.55 to 1.05 0.095
Born in Germany 0.92 0.71 to 1.18 0.512
Statutory health insurance (vs private or other health insurance) 1.83 1.35 to 2.48 <0.001 0.64 0.46 to 0.90 0.009
Health literacy 1.00 0.99 to 1.01 0.946

Multivariable analysis: n=2400; Nagelkerke’s R2: 0.22.

Health literacy refers to healthcare scale of the HLS-EU questionnaire.

*Univariable analysis: omnibus test: Χ2=319.05 (df=2), p<0.001.

†Univariable analysis: omnibus test: Χ2=13.07 (df=2), p=0.001.

HLS-EU, European Health Literacy Survey; Ref, reference category.