Table 4.

factors associated with late first ANC initiation among pregnant women at selected public health institutions in southwest Ethiopia

Variables	Categories	ANC Initiation		COR (95%CI)	AOR (95%CI)
		Late	Early
Age	< 25 years	116	84	1	1
	≥ 25 years	221	88	1.82(1.25-2.64)	1.58(1.02-2.48) **
Maternal education	No education	158	94	0.93(0.54-1.60)	0.99(0.56-1.78)
	Primary (1-8)	85	37	1.27(0.69-2.35)	1.30(0.67-2.50)
	Secondary (9-12)	47	15	1.73(0.82-3.68)	2.33(1.05-5.19) **
	College and above	47	26	1	1
Marital status	Married	314	165	1	1
	Unmarried	23	7	1.73(0.73-4.11)	1.58(0.63-3.96)
Household wealth index	Poor	71	28	1.26(0.84-1.89)	1.26(0.82-1.96)
	Medium	66	27	1.46(0.86-2.48)	1.49(0.85-2.62)
	Rich	71	38	1	1
Gravidity	Primigravida	102	67	1	1
	Multigravida	235	105	1.47 (1.01-2.16)	1.16(0.73-1.84)
Pregnancy intention	Planned	232	148	1	1
	Unplanned	105	24	2.79(1.71-4.55)	2.25(1.34-3.77) *
Pregnancy recognition	Missing period	206	124	0.61(0.41-0.90)	0.61(0.39-0.93)**
	Urine test	131	48	1	1
Perceived right time to start ANC.	Within 4 months	224	143	1	1
	After 4 months	113	29	2.49(1.57-3.93)	2.29(1.36-3.85) *
Knowledge of timely initiation.	Good	152	104	1	1
	Poor	185	68	1.86(1.28-2.70)	1.25(0.81-1.93)
Got advised to have ANC	Yes	144	100	1	1
	No	193	72	1.86(1.28-2.70)	1.64(1.10-2.45) **

CI: Confidence Interval, COR: Crude odds ratio, AOR: Adjusted odds ratio, *p-value < 0.05, **p-value < 0.01