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Table 2 Factors associated with facility-based delivery among women of reproductive age from the Digo community residing in Kwale, Kenya (restricting to only those who reported a previous birth, n = 632)

From: Correlates of facility-based delivery among women of reproductive age from the Digo community residing in Kwale, Kenya

 

Univariate

Multivariatea

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Respondent’s age (years)

 < 30

Reference

   

 ≥ 30

0.8 (0.5–1.2)

0.217

  

Husband/partner’s age (years)

 < 40

Reference

   

 ≥ 40

0.5 (0.3–0.9)

0.013

0.7 (0.4–1.3)

0.262

Age started living with husband/partner (years)

 < 20

Reference

   

 ≥ 20

1.1 (0.7–2.4)

0.360

  

School attendance (respondent)

 Never attended school

Reference

   

 Ever attended school

2.0 (1.2–3.2)

0.004

1.9 (1.1–3.3)

0.030

Years of education (respondent)

 < 8 years

Reference

   

 ≥ 8 years

1.4 (1.0–2.1)

0.072

  

School attendance (husband/partner)

 Never attended school

Reference

   

 Ever attended school

1.3 (0.7–2.4)

0.360

  

ANC attendance

 Did not attend ANC

Reference

   

 Attended ANC

2.4 (0.7–8.7)

0.175

  

Ideal ANC attendanceb

 No

Reference

   

 Yes

2.3 (1.4–3.7)

0.001

2.0 (1.0–3.8)

0.040

Marital status

 Not in a marital union

Reference

   

 In a marital union

1.4 (0.9–2.4)

0.159

  

 Not living with marital partner

Reference

   

 Living with marital partner

1.3 (0.8–2.1)

0.376

  

 Monogamous

Reference

   

 Polygamous

0.6 (0.3–0.9)

0.024

0.7 (0.4–1.3)

0.228

Pregnancy intention

 Didn’t want to get pregnant

Reference

   

 Wanted to get pregnant

1.5 (1.0–2.2)

0.040

1.5 (0.9–2.6)

0.106

Gainfully employed past 12 months

 No

Reference

   

 Yes

0.6 (0.4–1.2)

0.138

  
  1. aAdjusted for husband/partner’s age, education (both respondent’s and husband/partner’s), ideal ANC attendance, being in a polygamous relationship and pregnancy intention
  2. bConstitutes having attended ≥ 4 ANC visits, having received information on pregnancy danger signs, having received ≥ 3 tetanus toxoid vaccinations, having received anti-malarial, anti-helminthic and hematinic supplementation