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Table 3 Summary of the test statistics of association between the remaining delay one, two and three factors with delayed initiation of ANC in Ethiopia, 2002–2017

From: Delayed initiation of antenatal care and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Predictor variable

Subgroup OR (95%CI)

I2

Combined OR (95% CI)

Overall I2

Monthly income [≤1000ETB(50USD)]

I

1.77(1.16, 2.72)

65%

2.06(1.23, 3.45)

91%

II

2.26(0.96, 5.29)

94%

Marital status [In marriage]

I

0.92(0.55, 1.54)

77%

0.81(0.56, 1.16)

68%

II

0.68(0.38, 1.22)

57%

Maternal occupation [Employed]

I

0.76(0.53, 1.09)

83%

0.75(0.61, 0.93)

74%

II

0.74(0.57, 0.97)

66%

Husband education [Attended primary/above]

II

0.44(0.23, 0.85)

80%

 

Women’s autonomy [Autonomous]

I

0.38(0.15, 0.94)

89%

 

Previous use of ANC [Previous use]

I

0.65(0.42, 1.02)

45%

0.62(0.34, 1.11)

85%

II

0.53(0.17, 1.67)

92%

Parity [Nulliparity]

I

0.51(0.42, 0.61)

0%

0.46(0.36, 0.58)

67%

II

0.42(0.27, 0.66)

81%

Partner involvement [Involved]

I

0.44(0.21, 0.91)

85%

0.24(0.07, 0.75)

85%

II

0.14(0.08, 0.22)

85%

Knowledge of ANC [Knowledgeable]

I

0.32(0.22, 0.46)

4%

0.40(0.32, 0.51)

29%

II

0.46(0.35, 0.62)

54%

History of abortion [Have history of abortion]

I

1.19(0.85, 1.66)

0%

1.16(0.79, 1.69)

77%

II

1.14(0.67, 1.95)

77%

Pregnancy complication [Presence of complication]

II

0.23(0.06, 0.95)

97%

 

Means of identifying pregnancy [Urine]

I

0.50(0.36, 0.69)

67%

 
  1. Subgroup: I = Studies that defined delayed initiation of ANC (after 12 weeks of gestation), Subgroup: II = Studies that defined delayed initiation of ANC (after 16 weeks of gestation), I2 is the percentage of total variance due to between study heterogeneity
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