Table 4.
Factors associated with early initiation of ANC, public health centres of Bahir Dar special zone, 2021 (n=592)
| Variables | Early initiation of ANC | OR | ||
| Yes | No | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Age of women | ||||
| <25 | 113 | 180 | 2.8 (2.0 to 3.9) | 1.0 (0.54 to 1.8) |
| ≥25 | 191 | 108 | 1 | 1 |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 201 | 275 | 10.8 (5.9 to 19.8) | 3.0 (1.48 to 6.17)** |
| Rural | 103 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| Education of women | ||||
| Primary | 177 | 52 | 1 | 1 |
| Secondary | 85 | 123 | 4.9 (3.25 to 7.45) | 2.1 (1.3 to 3.6)** |
| College/above | 42 | 113 | 9.1 (5.7 to 14.6) | 3.5 (1.8 to 6.8)** |
| Occupation of women | ||||
| Housewife | 152 | 132 | 0.67 (0.44 to 1.0) | 1.1 (0.71 to 2.01) |
| Farmer | 76 | 27 | 0.27 (0.1 to 0.48) | 0.51 (0.25 to 1.01) |
| Employed | 23 | 61 | 2.0 (1.1 to 3.76) | 1.3 (0.6 to 2.74) |
| Merchant | 53 | 68 | 1 | 1 |
| Monthly income | ||||
| <2000 birr | 76 | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| ≥2000 birr | 228 | 264 | 3.6 (2.24 to 5.99) | 1.09 (0.57 to 2.07) |
| Means of transport | ||||
| On foot | 129 | 78 | 1 | 1 |
| Taxi/Bajaj | 175 | 210 | 1.98 (1.4 to 2.8) | 1.4 (0.93 to 2.13) |
| Gravida | ||||
| One | 78 | 173 | 4.3 (3.0 to 6.1) | 2.6 (1.65 to 4.14)** |
| Two and above | 226 | 115 | 1 | 1 |
| Knowledge of ANC | ||||
| Yes | 112 | 175 | 2.6 (1.4 to 3.79) | 1.7 (1.14 to 2.55)** |
| No | 192 | 113 | 1 | 1 |
| Family size | ||||
| <5 | 163 | 232 | 3.5 (2.4 to 5.1) | 2.0 (1.25 to 3.25)** |
| ≥5 | 141 | 56 | 1 | 1 |
| Plan of pregnancy | ||||
| Yes | 268 | 279 | 4.1 (1.9 to 8.8) | 3.5 (1.5 to 8.1)** |
| No | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Minor disorders | ||||
| Yes | 16 | 23 | 1.56 (0.8 to 3.02) | 1.3 (0.57 to 3.0) |
| No | 288 | 265 | 1 | 1 |
1=reference category.
*Significant at p<0.0.5; **significant at p<0.001.
ANC, antenatal care; AOR, adjusted OR; COR, crude OR.