Table 4. Multilevel multinomial logistic regression analysis in assessing the factors associated with delay factor related to maternal death (both delay two and three).
| Variables/Characteristics | Empty model | Model 2b | Model 3c | Model 4d | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual characteristics | Community characteristics | Individual and Community characteristics | |||||
| Delay one(a) | Delay two | Delay three | Delay two | Delay three | Delay two | Delay three | |
| RRR (95%CI) | RRR (95%CI) | RRR (95%CI) | RRR (95%CI) | RRR (95%CI) | RRR (95%CI) | ||
| Age group | |||||||
| 10_19Y® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 20_29Y | 1.20(0.86,1.69) | 1.29(0.93,1.78) | 1.19(0.85,1.67) | 1.25(0.90,1.74) | |||
| 30_39Y | 1.31(0.93,1.85) | 1.39(1.00,1.93) | 1.30(0.92,1.84) | 1.41(1.01,1.97) * | |||
| 40-49Y | 1.63(1.04,2.55) * | 1.24(0.79,1.96) | 1.62(1.04,2.54) * | 1.29(0.82,2.04) | |||
| Place of death | |||||||
| On transit ® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Home | 0.31(0.24,0.40) *** | 0.16(0.11,0.22) *** | 0.31(0.24,0.41) *** | 0.17(0.12,0.23) *** | |||
| Health facility | 0.76(0.61,0.95) * | 1.65(1.30,2.08) *** | 0.70(0.55,0.89) *** | 1.25(0.98,1.60) | |||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Unmarried ® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Married | 1.48(1.07,2.05) * | 1.27(0.92,1.74) | 1.51(1.09,2.09) * | 1.26(0.91,1.74) | |||
| Educational status | |||||||
| Secondary and above ® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Illiterate | 0.55(0.38,0.79) *** | 0.50(0.35,0.72) *** | 0.57(0.39,0.82) ** | 0.53(0.37,0.76) ** | |||
| Primary | 0.53(0.39,0.72) *** | 0.47(0.35,0.64) *** | 0.54(0.39,0.73) *** | 0.47(0.35,0.63) *** | |||
| History of ANC follow-up | |||||||
| No® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Yes | 1.59(1.34,1.90) *** | 1.26(1.06,1.50) * | 1.51(1.26,1.81) *** | 1.17(0.98,1.40) | |||
| Time of death | |||||||
| Antepartum ® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Intrapartum | 1.07(0.63,1.83) | 1.92(1.04,8.25) | 1.17(0.68,2.01) | 2.33(1.25,4.32) ** | |||
| Postpartum | 1.03(0.61,2.50) | 2.34(1.01,16.44) | 1.09(0.64,1.84) | 2.60(1.42,4.76) ** | |||
| Type of health facility | |||||||
| Primary health care ® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Secondary health care | 1.47(1.19,1.80) *** | 2.63(2.17,3.19) *** | 1.24(0.99,1.56) | 1.66(1.35,2.05) *** | |||
| Tertiary health care | 1.67(1.30,2.15) *** | 3.82(3.02,4.83) *** | 1.43(1.09,1.87) ** | 2.41(1.88,3.09) *** | |||
| Type of region | |||||||
| City administration ® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Pastoralist region | 0.76(0.45,1.31) | 0.52(0.31,0.87) * | 0.85(0.50,1.44) | 0.59(0.35,0.99) * | |||
| Agrarian region | 0.91(0.58,1.42) | 0.80(0.52,1.22) | 1.01(0.65,1.56) | 0.90(0.59,1.36) | |||
| Residence | |||||||
| Urban ® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rural | 0.63(0.49,0.82) *** | 0.64(0.50,0.81) *** | 0.74(0.56,0.97) * | 0.71(0.55,0.92) ** | |||
*P < 0.05,
**P < 0.001,
***P < 0.0001,
(a) Reference for the dependent variable,
® Reference for the category of an independent variable