Table 5.

Bivariate and multivariable linear regression analyses for the factors affecting adherence to the IFAS

Parameters	Bivariate		Multivariable
	Beta Coefficient (95 % CI)	P	Beta Coefficient (95 % CI)	P
Age	0⋅03 (−0⋅035−0⋅1)	0⋅35	0⋅03 (−0⋅03−0⋅1)	0⋅34
Educational status of participants	0⋅014 (−0⋅13−0⋅16)	0⋅85	0⋅015 (−0⋅12−0⋅14)	0⋅82
Partner educational status	0⋅04 (−0⋅15−0⋅28)	0⋅68	0⋅04 (−0⋅13−0⋅2)	0⋅63
History of visited ANC during pregnancy	−0⋅045 (−002−0⋅1)	0⋅5	−0⋅03 (−0⋅16−0⋅1)	0⋅62
History of taken IFAS during pregnancy	−0⋅034 (−0⋅17−0⋅1)	0⋅6	−0⋅04 (−0⋅18−0⋅1)	0⋅54
History of NTDs affecting pregnancy	0⋅5 (0⋅2−0⋅7)	0⋅001*	0⋅4 (0⋅21−0⋅6)	<0⋅0001*
History of spontaneous abortion	0⋅36 (0⋅06−0⋅65)	0⋅01*	0⋅32 (0⋅09−0⋅5)	0⋅007*
Knowledge	0⋅006 (0⋅004−0⋅008)	<0⋅0001*	0⋅006 (0⋅004−0⋅008)	<0⋅0001*

B, unstandardised coefficients; CI, confidence interval.

R² = 0⋅19; F = 14⋅7. All variables with P < 0⋅05 were included in the multivariate analysis.

^*Statistically significant at P < 0⋅05.