Table 3.

Univariate Logistic Regression of Socio-demographic, Maternal, Pregnancy and Delivery care factors associated with home delivery, crude odds ratios and 95% CI (n = 4649)

Variable	Crude Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P-value
Socio-demographic Factors
Maternal age (years)
< 20	ref
20–35	1.37 (0.92, 2.04)	0.113
> 35	2.29 (1.44,3.63)	< 0.001
Maternal Education
Illiterate	2.17(1.77, 2.65)	< 0.001
Literate	ref
Maternal Factors
BMI (kg/m2)
18.5–23	ref
< 18.5	1.19 (1.02, 1.39)	0.025
> 23	0.66 (0.56, 0.79)	< 0.001
Maternal Hemoglobin (gm/dl)
< 8	1.34 (1.08, 1.67)	0.007
8–10	1.37 (1.19, 1.58)	0.002
10.1 and above	ref
Parity
0	ref
1–2	1.49 (1.24, 1.78)	< 0.001
3 and above	2.00 (1.68, 2.39)	< 0.001
Outcome of Last pregnancy
Pregnancy Loss	ref
live birth	1.68 (1.44, 1.97)	< 0.001
History of C-sections
No	3.26 (2.39, 4.45)	0.002
Yes	ref
Pregnancy and delivery care Factors
Received ANC during pregnancy
No ANC	26.39 (18.87,36.71)	< 0.001
< 4 visits	3.61 (3.09, 4.20)	< 0.001
4 or more visits	ref
Maternal tetanus vaccination
No	2.58 (2.26, 2.96)	< 0.001
Yes	ref
Iron supplementation
No	2.67 (2.33, 3.07)	< 0.001
Yes	ref
Calcium supplementation
No	3.01 (2.61, 3.47)	< 0.001
Yes	ref
Gestational age at delivery(weeks)
< 37	1.06 (0.89,1.24)	0.513
> 37	ref
Complications in pregnancy and after deliverya
Yes	ref
No	0.28(0.19,0.32)	< 0.001
Birth Outcome of recent pregnancyb
Live birth	ref
Not a live Birth	4.89(4.17,5.73)	< 0.001
Birth weight (gm)
Normal Weight (≥ 2500)	ref
Low birth weight (< 2500)	1.19(0.94,1.32)	0.2

^aObstructed labour/Prolonged labour/failure to Progress/antepartum hemorrhage/ postpartum hemorrhage/ hypertension, pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and severe infection

^bNot a live birth includes stillbirths