Table 3.
Odds of using a PHC in the project communities for maternal and child healthcare
| Variable | Place of antenatal care OR (95% CI) |
Place of delivery OR (95% CI) |
Place of postnatal care OR (95% CI) |
Immunisation OR (95% CI) |
| Survey | ||||
| Baseline (RC) | ||||
| Endline | 3.87 (2.84 to 5.26) *** | 3.88 (2.86 to 5.26) *** | 3.66 (2.58 to 5.18) *** | 2.87 (1.90 to 4.33) *** |
| Age | 0.96 (0.94 to 0.97) *** | 0.97 (0.95 to 0.98) ** | 0.95 (0.93 to 0.97) *** | 0.98 (0.96 to 1.00) |
| Education | ||||
| Higher (RC) | ||||
| Secondary | 1.83 (1.19 to 2.80) ** | 1.81 (1.17 to 2.81) ** | 1.85 (1.19 to 2.87) ** | 1.28 (0.80 to 2.06) |
| Primary | 2.45 (1.44 to 4.16) ** | 2.15 (1.29 to 3.60) ** | 2.48 (1.39 to 4.41) ** | 1.48 (0.86 to 2.53) |
| No education | 2.74 (1.74 to 4.33) *** | 1.58 (1.01 to 2.48) * | 1.93 (1.06 to 3.53) * | 1.27 (0.72 to 2.22) |
| Exposure to the media | ||||
| More (RC) | ||||
| Less | 1.20 (0.96 to 1.52) | 1.13 (0.90 to 1.43) | 1.10 (0.82 to 1.47) | 1.17 (0.94 to 1.46) |
| No exposure | 1.14 (0.86 to 1.51) | 0.96 (0.73 to 1.26) | 0.90 (0.66 to 1.23) | 0.83 (0.64 to 1.08) |
| Religion | ||||
| Catholic (RC) | ||||
| Other Christian | 1.11 (0.90 to 1.37) | 1.14 (0.94 to 1.38) | 1.11 (0.91 to 1.35) | 1.21 (0.95 to 1.54) |
| Islam/others | 2.10 (1.41 to 3.11) *** | 1.67 (1.09 to 2.55) * | 1.43 (1.02 to 2.02) * | 2.95 (1.96 to 4.44) *** |
| Work status | ||||
| Not working (RC) | ||||
| Working | 0.97 (0.75 to 1.25) | 0.89 (0.70 to 1.12) | 0.78 (0.59 to 1.03) | 0.77 (0.60 to 1.00) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married (RC) | ||||
| Living together | 0.86 (0.661.11) | 0.86 (0.67 to 1.11) | 0.79 (0.60 to 1.03) | 0.68 (0.53 to 0.88) ** |
| Formerly married | 0.42 (0.23 to 0.77) ** | 0.47 (0.25 to 0.87) * | 0.50 (0.28 to 0.89) * | 0.43 (0.27 to 0.69) *** |
| Age at marriage | 1.00 (0.97 to 1.03) | 0.99 (0.96 to 1.02) | 0.99 (0.96 to 1.02) | 0.96 (0.94 to 0.99) * |
| Type of union | ||||
| Monogamous (RC) | ||||
| Polygynous | 0.99 (0.82 to 1.20) | 0.95 (0.80 to 1.14) | 1.01 (0.86 to 1.18) | 0.83 (0.69 to 0.99) * |
| Number of children | 1.10 (1.03 to 1.18) ** | 1.08 (1.02 to 1.15) ** | 1.13 (1.07 to 1.20) *** | 1.09 (1.02 to 1.16) ** |
| LGA | ||||
| Esan South East (RC) | ||||
| Etsako East | 0.62 (0.48 to 0.80) *** | 0.39 (0.29 to 0.50) *** | 0.50 (0.36 to 0.69) *** | 0.84 (0.57 to 1.23) |
***P<0.001; **p<0.01; *p<0.05.
Age, age at marriage and number of children have no reference category because they are continuous variables.
LGA, local government area; OR, Odds Ratio; PHC, primary healthcare centre; RC, reference category.