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Table 4 Factors affecting practice of Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness adjusted for confounding variables in Wolaita Sodo town, Wolaita zone, Ethiopia: 2018 (n = 495)

From: Birth preparedness and complication readiness practice and influencing factors among women in Sodo town, Wolaita zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2018; community based cross-sectional study

Variables

Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness

Crude OR

(95% C.I)

Adjusted OR

(95% C.I)

No (%)

Yes (%)

Age

 15–24

50 (42.7)

67 (57.3)

2.39 (1.40, 4.05)

2.31 (1.19, 4.46)*

 25–34

132 (50.0)

132 (50.0)

1.78 (1.13, 2.79)

1.89 (1.10, 3.25)*

 35–44

73 (64.0)

41 (36.0)

1

1

Women’s educational level

 No formal education

69 (64.5)

38 (35.5)

1

1

 Primary education

112 (49.3)

115 (50.7)

1.86 (1.16, 2.99)

1.56 (0.94, 2.59)

 Secondary education

36 (57.1)

27 (42.9)

1.36 (0.72, 2.57)

1.07 (0.53, 2.13)

 College and above

38 (38.8)

60 (61.2)

2.86 (1.62, 5.05)

2.07 (1.11, 3.88)*

Women’s Occupational status

 Housewife

146 (57.7)

107 (42.3)

0.20 (0.05, 0.73)

 

 Merchant

39 (45.9)

46 (54.1)

0.32 (0.08, 1.23)

 Daily laborer

35 (54.7)

29 (45.3)

0.23 (0.05, 0.88)

 Government employee

23 (44.2)

29 (55.8)

0.34 (0.08, 1.37)

 Private employee

9 (33.3)

18 (66.7)

0.55 (0.12, 2.46)

 students

3 (21.4)

11 (78.6

1

History of family planning use

 No

78 (60.5)

51 (39.5)

1

 

 Yes

177 (48.4)

189 (51.6)

1.63 (1.08, 2.45)

Gravida

 1

42 (42.9)

56 (57.1)

1

 

 2–4

197 (54.6)

164 (45.4)

0.62 (0.39, 0.98)

  ≥ 5

16 (44.4)

20 (55.6)

0.93 (0.43, 2.02)

Parity

 Nulliparous (0)

7 (33.3)

14 (66.7)

1

 

 Primiparous (1)

58 (41.7)

81 (58.3)

0.69 (0.26, 1.83)

 Multiparous (2–4)

180 (57.9)

131 (42.1)

0.36 (0.14, 0.92)

 Grand multiparous ≥5

10 (41.7)

14 (58.3)

0.70 (0.20, 2.36)

Counseled to prepare blood donors

 No

216 (53.6)

187 (46.4)

1

1

 Yes

39 (42.4)

53 (57.6)

1.57 (0.99, 2.48)

1.90 (1.15, 3.12)*

Counseled to Identifying skilled birth attendant

 No

183 (54.1)

155 (45.9)

1

1

 Yes

72 (45.9)

85 (54.1)

1.39 (0.95, 2.03)

1.59 (1.05, 2.39)*

Family/Partners were counseled on BPCR

 No

228 (55.5)

183 (45.5)

1

1

 Yes

27 (32.1)

57 (67.9)

2.63 (1.59, 4.32)

2.16 (1.25, 3.74)*

Discussion with partner about BPCR

 No

122 (61.3)

77 (38.7)

1

 

 Yes

133 (44.9)

163 (55.1)

1.94 (1.34, 2.79)

Total number of ANC visits

  < 4 Visits

193 (54.7)

160 (45.3)

1

 

  ≥ 4 Visits

62 (43.7)

80 (56.3)

1.56 (1.05, 2.30)

Pregnancy planned/unplanned

 Unplanned

68 (43.9)

87 (56.1)

1

 

 Planned

187 (55.0)

153 (45.0)

0.63 (0.43, 0.93)

Knowledge on key danger sign during pregnancy

 Not knowledgeable

238 (53.0)

211 (47.0)

1

 

 Knowledgeable

17 (37.0)

29 (63.0)

1.92 (1.02, 3.60)

Knowledge on key danger sign during childbirth

 Not knowledgeable

211 (53.0)

187 (47.0)

1

 

 Knowledgeable

44 (45.4)

53 (54.6)

1.35 (0.87, 2.12)

  1. *Significant association at p-value < 0.05