Ante natal care (ANC) utilization, dietary practices and nutritional outcomes in pregnant and recently delivered women in urban slums of Delhi, India: an exploratory cross-sectional study

Table 4 Association of socio demographic profile and availing ANC

Characteristics	Availed ANC (n = 274)	Did not avail ANC (n = 70)	Crude OR (95% CI), p value	Adjusted OR* (95% CI), p value
Family size	5.5 (2.70)	5.3 (2.65)	1.03 (0.93, 1.14)	1 (0.87, 1.14)
			0.47	0.98
Socio-economic Scale (SES) of HH**
Poorest	71 (26.01)	38 (53.52)	1	1
Middle	82 (30.04)	16 (22.54)	2.74 (1.41,,5.33)	2.29 (0.98, 4.62)
Richest	120 (44.1)	17 (22.94)	3.77 (1.98, 7.18)	2.13 (0.40, 2.1)
			0.001	0.039
Nuclear family	173 (63.4)	52 (73.24)	0.63 (0.35, 1.13)	1.21 (0.58,2.55)
			0.12	0.6
Non-Muslim	73 (26.74)	17 (23.94)	1.16 (0.63, 2.12)0.63	1.1 (0.54, 2.26)
				0.77
Schooling of Head of Household	107 (39.2)	20 (28.2)	1.64 (0.92, 2.91)	1.23 (0.62, 2.4)
			0.08	0.54
Schooling of the woman	150 (55)	18 (25.35)	3.59 (2, 6.45)	2.15 (1.10,4.18)
			<0.001	0.016
Belong to Delhi	124 (45.42)	23 (32.4)	1.73 (1.001, 3.01)	1.23 (0.67, 2.3)
			0.046	0.49
Longer duration of stay in the locality (>5 years)	221 (81)	42 (59.2)	2.94 (1.67, 5.14)	2 (1.06, 3.77)
Longer duration of stay in the locality (>5 years)	221 (81)	42 (59.2)	<0.001	0.032
Age at marriage (%) >18 years	241 (88.28)	56 (78.9)	2.02 (1.02 3.97)	1.65 (0.78, 3.52)
			0.043	0.18
First pregnancy /child	95 (34.8)	10 (14.1)	3.26 (1.59, 6.64)	2.58 (1.19, 5.58)
			0.0004	0.016

*Adjusted using multiple logistic regression method; **The SES scale is a composite of house type, floor, house ownership, separate kitchen, TV, Refrigerator, mobile phone, washing machine, total HH income, number of rooms by principal component analysis.

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