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. 2022 Mar 24;17(3):e0265906. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265906

Table 5. Risk factors associated with rural women’s protection from tetanus in 9 East Africa countries from 2014–2019.

Variables COR (95% CI) P_value AOR (95% CI) P_value
Constant 0.395 (0.319, 0.488) < 0.0001
Age of mother (ref = Below 24 years)
Age between 24 to 34 0.787 (0.761, 0.814) < 0.0001 0.830 (0.778, 0.886) < 0.0001
Age above 35 0.635 (0.610, 0.661) < 0.0001 0.733 (0.673, 0.799) < 0.0001
Educational level (ref = no education)
Primary 1.439 (1.381, 1.498) < 0.0001 0.792 (0.737, 0.852) < 0.0001
Secondary 1.346 (1.286, 1.409) < 0.0001 0.833 (0.751, 0.922) 0.0005
Higher 1.823 (1.672, 1.991) < 0.0001 1.276 (1.092, 1.490) 0.0014
Sex of household head (ref = male)
Female 1.030 (1.062, 1.134) < 0.0001 1.091 (0.966, 1.097) 0.3615
Wealth index (ref = poor)
Middle 1.414 (1.371, 1.467) < 0.0001 1.976 (1.802, 2.166) < 0.0001
Rich 1.191 (1.140, 1.241) < 0.0001 1.589 (1.425, 1.771)* < 0.0001
Ever had a terminated pregnancy (ref = no)
Yes 0.930 (0.891, 0.974) 0.0028 0.965 (0.882, 1.055) 0.4395
Covered by health insurance (ref = no)
Yes 1.124 (1.074, 1.171) 0.00412 0.924 (0.844, 1.012) 0.0881
Current marital status (ref = Single)
Married 0.721(0.676, 0.774) < 0.0001 1.038 (0.911, 1.185) 0.5786
Living with partner 0.801(0.745, 0.873) 0.0028 0.780 (0.643, 0.944) 0.0111
Widowed 0.698(0.641, 0.795) 0.0060 0.941 (0.740, 1.188) 0.6137
Divorced 0.976(0.102, 1.063) 0.6690 1.055 (0.902, 1.236) 0.4995
Mother occupation (ref = Housewife)
Government employed 2.014 (1.881, 2.165) < 0.0001 0.865 (0.762, 0.980) 0.0231
other type of worker 1.053 (1.021, 1.084) < 0.0001 0.968 (0.914, 1.025) 0.2650
Told about pregnancy complications (ref = no)
Yes 1.605 (1.501, 1.721) < 0.0001 1.103 (1.039, 1.170) 0.0010
Mass media coverage (ref = no)
Yes 1.751 (1.691, 1.802) < 0.0001 1.968 (1.530, 2.569) < 0.0001
ANC visit (ref = no ANC visits)
One have to three visit 8.032 (7.271, 8.891) < 0.0001 1.113 (1.125, 1.313) 0.0041
more than 3 ANC visit 11.38(10.312,12.59) < 0.0001 1.324 (1.252, 1.400) 0.0010
place of delivery (ref = home and other traditional places)
health facility 2.072 (1.991, 2.144) < 0.0001 1.165 (1.012, 1.332) 0.0458
Distance to a health facility (ref = big problem)
No big problem 0.653 (1.018, 1.081) < 0.0001 0.678 (0.483, 0.979) < 0.0001
Age of household head 0.995 (0.991, 0.105) 0.100 (0.996, 1.004) 0.5689
Age of respondent at 1st birth (ref = Below 24)
Between 24–30 1.125 (1.056, 1.182) 0.0135 1.206 (1.092, 1.330) < 0.0001
Above 30 1.326 (1.147, 1.542) 0.0019 1.416 (1.097, 1.808)* < 0.0001
Country (ref = Ethiopia)
Burundi 1.467 (1.376, 1.564) < 0.0001 1.323 (1.134, 1.545) 0.0004
Comoros 1.685 (1.57,3 1.805) < 0.0001 1.324 (1.161, 1.512) < 0.0001
Kenya 1.398 (1.307, 1.495) < 0.0001 0.908 (0.788, 1.047) 0.1813
Malawi 1.619 (1.526, 1.718) < 0.0001 2.370 (2.083, 2.702) < 0.0001
Rwanda 3.171 (2.923, 3.442) < 0.0001 1.542 (1.337, 1.780) < 0.0001
Tanzania 3.171 (2.923, 3.442) < 0.0001 1.542 (1.337, 1.780) < 0.0001
Zambia 1.828 (1.709, 1.956) < 0.0001 2.217 (1.918, 2.567) < 0.0001
Zimbabwe 1.806 (1.690, 1.931) < 0.0001 1.232 (1.056, 1.438) 0.0078
Uganda 2.584 (2.396, 2.787) < 0.0001 0.711 (0.597, 0.846) < 0.0001