Table 3.
Bivariate statistics of predictor variables on the full PCMC score.
| Full PCMC score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosstabs | OLS regression | |||||
| Predictor Variables | Mean | SD | Coeff. | [95% CI] | P-value | |
| Age | ||||||
| 20 to 29 years (Reference Group) | 60.8 | 15.9 | 0.0 | |||
| 30 to 39 years | 66.0 | 13.2 | 5.2 | −0.3 | 11 | 0.0650 |
| 40 to 49 years | 62.4 | 17.9 | 1.6 | −4.7 | 7.8 | 0.626 |
| 50 to 69 years | 50.6 | 13.6 | −10 | −18 | −3.0 | 0.00600 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female (Reference Group) | 58.9 | 15.1 | 0.0 | |||
| Male | 63.8 | 15.8 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 9.4 | 0.0370 |
| Relation to woman | ||||||
| Partner/Husband (Reference Group) | 63.6 | 16.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Mother/ Mother-in-law | 59.1 | 16.2 | −4.5 | −9.7 | 0.7 | 0.0930 |
| Sister-in-law/Friend-neighbor/Other | 60.5 | 13.2 | −3.0 | −9.4 | 3.3 | 0.344 |
| Education | ||||||
| No school/Primary (Reference Group) | 60.2 | 18.2 | 0.0 | |||
| Post-primary/vocational/Secondary | 60.0 | 15.3 | −0.2 | −5.9 | 5.5 | 0.947 |
| College or above | 64.9 | 13.9 | 4.7 | −0.9 | 10 | 0.0970 |
| Literacy: reading | ||||||
| No, cannot read; Yes, but with some difficulty (Reference Group) | 54.2 | 14.7 | 0.0 | |||
| Yes, very well | 64.9 | 15.2 | 10.0 | 5.7 | 15 | 0.000 |
| Literacy: writing | ||||||
| No, cannot write; Yes, but with some difficulty (Reference Group) | 55.4 | 14.8 | 0.0 | |||
| Yes, very well | 64.7 | 15.3 | 9.3 | 4.6 | 14 | 0.000 |
| Income | ||||||
| Less than 5000 Ksh ($50 USD) (Reference Group) | 69.9 | 14.5 | 0.0 | |||
| More than 5000 Ksh ($50 USD) | 63.8 | 14.1 | −6.1 | −13 | 0.9 | 0.0870 |
| Refused to Answer | 68.1 | 12.7 | −11.0 | −17 | −4.9 | 0.000 |
| Work for Pay | ||||||
| No | 58.8 | 15.9 | 0.0 | |||
| Yes | 66.6 | 14.4 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 12 | 0.00100 |
| Religion | ||||||
| Catholic/Methodist/Presbyterian/Anglican (Reference Group) | 58.5 | 14.5 | 0.0 | |||
| Protestant/Pentecostal/Other Christian | 64.5 | 17.0 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 11 | 0.0240 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 63.1 | 14.4 | 4.6 | −1.4 | 11 | 0.131 |
| Muslim/Other Religion/ No Religion | 60.1 | 17.2 | 1.6 | −9.9 | 13 | 0.782 |
| Tribe | ||||||
| Luo (Reference Group) | 61.5 | 13.8 | 0.0 | |||
| Other | 62.8 | 19.1 | 1.3 | −3.4 | 6.1 | 0.578 |
| Number of births | ||||||
| 0 to 2 (Reference Group) | 62.8 | 12.1 | 0.0 | |||
| 3 to 5 | 64.9 | 17.0 | 2.2 | −3.4 | 7.7 | 0.442 |
| more than 5 | 58.2 | 16.2 | −4.6 | −10 | 1.0 | 0.106 |
| Number of children | ||||||
| 0 to 2 (Reference Group) | 62.1 | 14.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 3 to 5 | 64.0 | 16.8 | 1.8 | −3.4 | 7.1 | 0.492 |
| more than 5 | 58.7 | 15.7 | 2.9 | −9.2 | 2.3 | 0.240 |
| Past facility delivery | ||||||
| No (Reference Group) | 63.4 | 17.2 | 0.0 | |||
| Yes | 57.9 | 15.0 | −5.6 | −15 | 4.2 | 0.260 |
| unknown | 63.7 | 15.7 | 0.3 | −9.0 | 9.6 | 0.957 |
| Current health status | ||||||
| Poor and Fair (Reference Group) | 53.7 | 13.9 | 0.0 | |||
| Good | 61.9 | 16.6 | 8.2 | 1.7 | 15 | 0.0130 |
| Very good and excellent | 66.9 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 5.9 | 20 | 0.000 |