Table 4.
Factors associated with delay in deciding to seek care on institutional delivery among postpartum mothers in the South Gondar zone hospitals, Ethiopia, 2020.
| Variables | Delay in making decision to seek care |
COR (95%CI) | AOR (95%CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categories Delayed | No delayed | ||||
| Residence | Urban Rural |
61 251 |
163 175 |
1 3.83 (3.19–7.82) |
1 3.14 (2.40–4.01) ∗∗ |
| Education status of the mothers | Educated Uneducated | 192 147 |
267 44 |
1 4.65 (3.79–8.56) |
1 3.62(2.45-5.52) ∗∗ |
| Occupation status of the mothers | Employed Unemployed | 104 132 |
232 182 |
1 1.62 (1.09–2.59) |
|
| ANC visit | 100 136 |
272 142 |
1 2.61 (1.54–4.39) |
||
| Planned of pregnancy | Yes No | 220 54 |
172 13 |
1 3.24 (1.72–6.14) |
1 2.07(1.84-7.96) ∗ |
| Number of children | one 2-4 children ≥5 children |
127 94 15 |
201 174 39 |
1 0.86 (0.23–0.96) 0.61 (0.53–0.81) |
|
| Time of labor onset | Day Night |
152 174 |
240 84 |
1 3.27 (1.65–3.56) |
|
| The distance from home to health institution | <5km ≥5km |
79 157 |
156258 | 1 1.20 (1.02–8.28) |
|
| The health facility in the Kebele | Yes No |
13 223 |
74 340 |
1 8.68 (2.68–10.65) |
1 1.62(1.43-6.32) ∗ |
1 = reference ∗ = p-value < 0.05, and ∗∗ = p-value ≤ 0.001.