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Table 3 Association of HEWs and other factors with with ANC at least four times in north and south central Ethiopia, 2012

From: Effect of an innovative community based health program on maternal health service utilization in north and south central Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study

Characteristics

Had ANC four times

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

 

YES (n,%)

NO (n,%)

  

Visit by HEWs during pregnancy

    

 None

726(38.9)

1138(61.1)

1.00

1.00

 Visisted at least once

2124(68.8)

961(31.2)

3.46(2.11,5.66)

3.42(2.62,4.47)*

Place of residence

    

 Urban

796(68.0)

374(32.0)

1.0

1.00

 Rural

2054(54.4)

1725(45.6)

0.56(0.24,1.29)

0.66(0.49,0.89)*

Mothers age (years)

    

 15-19

126(56.3)

98(43.7)

1.0

1.00

 20-29

1474(58.3)

1053(41.7)

1.09(.088,1.35)

1.07(0.79,1.46)

 30-39

1088(57.3)

810(42.7)

1.04(0.77,1.42)

1.19(0.78,1.82)

 40-49

160(55.0)

131(45.0)

0.95(0.58,1.56)

1.40(0.73,2.69)

Women’s education

    

 None

1736(56.1)

1362(43.9)

1.0

1.00

 Primary

764(56.0)

601(44.0)

0.99(0.81,1.23)

0.95(0.81,1.12)

 High school

290(72.1)

112(27.9)

2.03(1.20,3.43)

1.29(1.06,1.59)*

 College/University

60(71.4)

24(28.6)

1.96(0.82,4.72)

1.35(0.75,2.42)

Marital status

    

 Currently married

2717(57.7)

1989(42.3)

1.0

1.00

 Currently unmarried

133(54.7)

110(45.3)

0.89(0.62,1.27)

0.72(0.51,1.02)

Wealth quintile

    

 Poorest

718(72.2)

277(27.8)

1.0

1.00

 Poor

599(60.3)

395(39.7)

0.59(0.33,1.03)

0.67(0.42,1.08)

 Middle

408(41.2)

582(58.8)

0.27(0.16,0.46)

0.43(0.26,0.69)*

 Rich

456(46.7)

521(53.3)

0.34(0.21,0.54)

0.52(0.33,0.83)*

 Richest

669(67.4)

324(32.6)

0.79(0.42,1.56)

0.883(0.58,1.34)

Number of pregnancies

    

 1

601(62.7)

358(37.3)

1.0

1.00

 2-4

1320(59.4)

902(40.6)

0.87(0.67,1.14)

0.84(0.65,1.08)

 5-6

572(55.8)

454(44.2)

0.75(0.51,1.11)

0.63(0.41,0.97)*

 7 and above

357(48.1)

385(51.9)

0.55(0.38,0.81)

0.43 (0.30, 0.62)*

  1. *p < 0.05.