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Table 3 Predictors of home delivery

From: Factors associated with home delivery in Bahirdar, Ethiopia: A case control study

Variables

Number of

Odds ratio

Cases = 108

Controls = 216

Adjusted OR (95%CI)

Maternal Education

No formal education

91

65

4.27 (1.63, 11.27)*

Formal education.

17

151

1

Address

  Rural

59

14

3.6 (1.4, 9.0) *

  Urban

49

202

1

General knowledge about obstetric complications

  Poor

22

2

62 (3, 128.4) *

  Fair

18

41

0.7 (0.2,1.7)

  Good

68

173

1

Time of first ANC visit

    < 12 weeks

8

58

1

    12-24 weeks

35

140

1.6 (0.7, 4.0)

After 24 weeks

14

7

8.7 (2.2, 33.3)*

  1. *Adjusted for Maternal education, Husband education, Residence, Knowledge on danger sign of pregnancy, Attitude, and Time of ANC visit.
  2. Bahir Dar, Special Zone 2010.