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Table 5 Association of HEW’s visit during pregancy and other factors with postnatal care service within three days 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

Postnatal care service within three days

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

 

YES (n,%)

NO (n,%)

  

Visit by HEWs during pregnancy

    

 None

91(4.9)

1173(95.1)

1.0

1.0

 Visited

515(16.7)

2570(83.3)

3.90(2.42,6.29)

3.68(2.05,6.59)*

Place of residence

    

 Urban

174(14.9)

996(85.1)

1.0

1.0

 Rural

432(11.4)

3347(88.6)

0.74(0.21,2.64)

0.85(0.57,1.28)

Mothers age (years)

    

 15–19

23(10.3)

201(89.7)

1.0

1.0

 20–29

302(11.9)

2225(88.1)

1.19(0.69,2.05)

1.33(0.70,2.53)

 30-39

246(13.0)

1652(87.0)

1.30(0.75,2.27)

1.71(0.86,3.44)

 40-49

33(11.3)

258(88.7)

1.12(0.57,2.18)

1.74(0.78,3.85)

Women’s education

    

 None

345(11.3)

2747(88.7)

1.0

1.0

 Primary

161(11.8)

1204(88.2)

1.05(0.76,1.44)

1.13(0.96,1.32)

 High school

81(20.1)

321(79.9)

1.97(1.04,3.74)

1.69(1.06,2.69)*

 College/University

13(15.5)

71(84.5)

1.43(0.91,2.26)

1.56(0.38,6.35)

Marital status

    

 Currently married

556(11.8)

4150(88.2)

1.0

1.0

 Currently unmarried

50(20.6)

193(79.4)

1.93(1.23,2.88)

1.67(1.05,2.65)*

Wealth quintile

    

 Poorest

169(17.0)

826(83.0)

1.0

1.0

 Poor

131(13.2)

863(86.8)

0.74(0.49,1.11)

0.80(0.58,1.11)

 Middle

7397.4)

917(92.6)

0.39(0.21,0.71)

0.58(0.34,0.98)*

 Rich

88(9.0)

889(91.0)

0.48(0.25,0.91)

0.65(0.37,1.16)

 Richest

145(14.6)

848(85.4)

0.83(0.24,2.93)

0.85(0.36,2.01)

Number of pregnancies

    

 1

145(15.1)

814(84.9)

1.0

1.0

 2-4

271(12.2)

1951(87.8)

0.78(0.60,1.02)

0.76(0.5,1.02)

 5-6

114(11.1)

912(88.9)

0.70(0.48,1.02)

0.59(0.38,0.94)*

 7 and above

76(10.2)

666(89.8)

0.64(0.41,1.00)

0.53(0.29,0.93)*

  1. *p < 0.05.