Table 6.

Logit and GSEM model predicting the Odds Ratios of women utilizing early PNC

Characteristic	Category	unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Health facility delivery	Did not deliver from health facility Delivered from health facility	0.87 (0.85–1.08) 1.50 (1.41–1.87)*	0.98 (0.87–1.13)
Early ANC	Went after first trimester	0.80 (0.67–0.92)*
	Went within the first trimester	1.12 (1.07–1.23)*	1.10 (1.05–1.26)*
Age	15–19 (r)	1.89 (1.76–1.98)*
	20–34	0.97 (0.88–0.14)	0.91 (0.84–1.21)
	35–49	1.27 (1.17–1.40)	1.14 (0.94–1.35)
Highest Maternal Education level	Some primary (r)	0.89 (0.73–1.23)
	Completed primary seven	0.80 (0.68–1.18)	1.04 (0.92–1.27)
	Some secondary	1.13 (0.92–1.38)*	1.19(1.04–1.38)*
	Completed secondary six	1.42 (1.00–1.82)	1.11 (0.94–1.35)
Marital status	Unmarried (r)	1.23 (0.98–1.51)	-
	Married	1.02 (0.87–1.16)	-
Wealth	Poor (r)	0.69 (0.59–0.81)*
	Middle	0.81 (0.72–1.16)	0.74 (0.68–1.34)
	Rich	0.93 (0.98–1.34)	1.24 (1.13–1.34)*
Distance to health facility	Big problem (r)	0.91 (0.72–0.99)*
	Not big problem	1.34 (1.17–1.67)*	1.90 (1.53–2.35)*
Cost of service	Big problem (r)	0.87 (0.76–0.96)*
	Not big problem	0.98 (0.88–1.12)	0.92 (0.85–1.16)
Community health worker	Not readily available (r)	0.85 (0.75–0.94)*
	Readily available	2.06 (1.88–2.45)*	1.15 (1.03–1.25)*
Media exposure	Not exposed (r)	0.87 (0.78–1.42)
	Exposed	1.51 (1.24–1.85)*	0.83(0.72–1.21)
Pregnancy wanted	No (r)	0.89 (0.80–1.10)
	Yes	1.03(0.93–1.28)	-
pregnancy complications	No (r)	1.14 (0.91–1.33)
	Yes	1.18 (1.07–1.67)*	1.17 (1.05–1.31)*
Parity	1–3 4-6 7+	0.76 (0.61–1.01) 0.92 (0.84–1.2) 0.82 (0.73–0.93)*	0.70 (0.61–1.1) 0.86 (0.78–1.09) 0.73 (0.67–0.81)**

(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