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. 2021 Apr 14;2021:4286803. doi: 10.1155/2021/4286803

Table 5.

Multivariable analysis of factors associated with early PNC utilization of mothers at Wonago District, South Ethiopia, 2017.

Variables Early PNC attendance Crude Adjusted
No (%) Yes (%) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Mothers education
No formal education 317 (91.1) 31 (8.9) 1 1
Primary 183 (84.3) 34 (15.7) 1.9 (1.13–3.19) 1.37 (0.72–2.61)
Secondary and above 28 (59.9) 19 (40.4) 6.93 (3.48–13.82) 3.77 (1.33–10.65)∗∗

Husband education
No formal education 136 (92.5) 11 (7.5) 1 1
Primary 291 (86.9) 44 (13.1) 1.86 (0.93–3.73) 1.51 (0.72–3.27)
Secondary and above 90 (76.3) 28 (23.7) 3.84 (1.82–8.11) 1.47 (0.56–3.85)

Occupation of mother
House wife 451 (88.1) 61 (11.9) 1 1
Farmer 21 (87.5) 3 (12.5) 1.05 (0.30–3.64) 0.89 (0.23–3.44)
Government employee 9 (64.3) 5 (35.7) 4.10 (1.33–12.65) 1.64 (0.41–6.43)
Merchant 47 (75.8) 15 (24.2) 2.36 (1.24–4.47) 1.26 (0.58–2.77)

Occupation of father
Farmer 261 (90.3) 28 (9.7) 1 1
Government employee 28 (73.3) 10 (26.3) 3.26 (1.44–7.39) 1.40 (0.45–4.31)
Merchant 141 (79.9) 36 (20.3) 2.25 (1.32–1.32) 1.77 (0.93–3.37)
Daily labourer 87 (90.6) 9 (9.4) 0.92 (0.42–2.02) 0.72 (0.29–1.73)

Having ANC
No 125 (96.9) 4 (3.1) 1 1
Yes 403 (83.4) 80 (16.9) 6.2 (2.22–17.27) 3.4 (1.15–10.09)∗

Number of alive births
One 67 (80.7) 16 (19.3) 1 1
Two–four 346 (86.6) 56 (13.9) 0.67 (0.36–1.25) 0.75 (0.21–2.74)
Five 115 (90.6) 12 (9.4) 0.43 (0.19–0.97) 1.01 (0.34–2.96)

Birth order
First 67 (80.75) 16 (19.3) 1 1
Second 94 (84.7) 17 (15.3) 0.75 (0.35–1.60) 1.82 (0.39–8.46)
Third 190 (84.4) 35 (15.6) 0.77 (0.40–1.48) 2.45 (0.55–10.82)
Fourth and above 177 (91.7) 16 (8.3) 0.37 (0.17–0.80) 1.06 (0.36–3.12)

Place of delivery
Home 326 (92.4) 27 (7.6) 1 1
Health center 202 (78) 57 (22) 3.4 (2.08–5.56) 1.8 (1.03–3.26)∗

Delivery complication
No 504 (89.4) 60 (10.6) 1 1
Yes 24 (50) 24 (50) 8.4 (4.49–15.7) 7.83 (3.76–16.28)∗∗

Past history of PNC
No 450 (88.6) 58 (11.4) 1 1
Yes 78 (75) 26 (25) 2.58 (1.53–4.35) 2.10 (1.33–3.90)∗∗

HEW visit at home
No 420 (88.4) 55 (11.6) 1 1
Yes 108 (78.8) 29 (21.2) 2.05 (1.24–3.37) 0.77 (0.42–1.39)

CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; ANC: antenatal care; PNC: postnatal care; 1: reference variable; significant at p < 0.05; ∗∗significant at p < 0.01.