Table 4.

Logit and GSEM models predicting the Odds Ratios of women utilizing early ANC

Characteristic	Category	unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Age	15–19 (r)	0.89 (0.81–0.94)*
	20–34	1.31 (1.12–1.42)*	0.92 (0.79–0.97)**
	35–49	0.97 (0.88–1.05)	1.18 (1.10–1.35)**
Highest Maternal Education level	Some primary (r)	1.32 (0.92–1.40)
	Completed primary seven	1.69 (1.45–1.84)*	1.68 (1.56–1.84)**
	Some secondary	0.70 (0.64–0.96)*	0.90 (0.80–1.10)
	Completed secondary six	1.13 (0.93–1.05)	1.17 (0.94–1.35)
Marital status	Unmarried (r)	0.85 (0.75–0.94)*
	Married	1.24 (1.19–1.43)*	1.12 (0.94–1.26)**
Wealth	Poor (r)	0.90 (0.87–1.1)	-
	Middle	0.86 (0.71–1.02)	-
	Rich	0.88 (0.78–1.05)	-
Distance to health facility	Big problem (r)	0.87 (0.89–0.95)*
	Not big problem	1.51 (1.23–1.65)*	1.35 (1.23–1.73)**
Cost of service	Big problem (r)	0.61 (0.47–0.82)*
	Not big problem	1.13 (1.10–1.32)*	1.85 (1.31–2.12)**
Community health worker	Not readily available (r)	1.05 (1.03–1.19)*
	Readily available	1.13 (1.08–1.35)*	1.06 (1.04–1.17)**
Media exposure	Not exposed (r)	0.9 (0.75–1.13)	-
	Exposed	1.08 (0.98–1.31)	-
Pregnancy wanted	No (r)	0.82 (0.76–0.98)*
	Yes	1.17 (1.05–1.38)*	1.15 (1.07–1.36)**
Pregnancy complications	No (r)	0.65 (0.45–0.87)*
	Yes	1.95 (1.73–2.45)*	2.04 (1.85–2.26)**
Parity	1–3(r)	0.76 (0.65–0.86)*	0.71 (0.62–0.80)**
	4–6	0.86 (0.78–1.1)	0.81 (0.72–1.00)
	7+	1.2 (0.92–1.40)	1.03 (0.96–1.23)

(OR): odds ratios; CI: confidence intervals; * indicates variables with p < 0.1, ** indicates significant effects with p < 0.05, and (r) indicates the reference category and (-) indicates variables not considered at multivariable level