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Table 3 Factors associated with antenatal care utilization among women who gave birth in the last 2 years in Haramaya District, East Ethiopia, December 2015

From: Maternal health care service seeking behaviors and associated factors among women in rural Haramaya District, Eastern Ethiopia: a triangulated community-based cross-sectional study

Characteristics

ANC service utilization

Crude OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

Yes (%)

NO (%)

Educational status

 Unable to read and write

217 (38.7)

122 (21.7)

1

1

 Elementary/Read and write

138 (24.6

17 (3)

4.56 (2.66–7.91)

4.83 (2.06–11.33)*

 Secondary school and above

62 (11.1)

5 (0.9)

6.97 (2.73–17.81)

5.68 (1.18–27.35)*

Occupation

 Housewife

361 (64.3)

133 (23.7)

1

1

 employee (government/NGO)

37 (6.6)

4 (0.7)

3.41 (1.19–9.74)

1.17 (0.29–4.73)

 Other (Petty trade/Student/Laboror)

19 (3.4

7 (1.2)

1 (0.41–2.43)

0.21 (0.06–0.71)*

Educational level of the husband

 Unable to read and write

147 (26.2)

92 (16.4)

1

1

 Elementary/Read and write

184 (32.8)

41 (7.3)

2.81 (1.83–4.31)

1.28 (0.71–2.34)

 Secondary school and above

86 (15.3)

11 (2)

4.89 (2.48–9.65)

0.59 (0.17–2.09)

Birth Order

 1

88 (15.7)

10 (1.8)

1

1

 2–3

248 (44.2)

52 (9.3)

0.54 (0.26–1.11)

0.86 (0.35–2.09)

 4–5

67 (11.9)

59 (10.5)

0.13 (0.06–0.27)

0.28 (0.10–0.81)*

 6+

14 (2.5)

23 (4.1)

0.07 (0.03–0.18)

0.11 (0.03–0.43) *

Household size

 1–4

277 (49.4

52 (9.3

1

1

 5 and above

140 (25

92 (16.4)

0.29 (0.19–0.43)

0.99 (0.51–1.90)

Knowledge about pregnancy complications

 No

143 (25.8)

137 (24.7)

1

1

 Yes

268 (48.3)

7 (1.3)

33.49 (16.71–80.51)

33.49 (14.56–77.02)*a

  1. alarge odds ratio suggested that the small frequency in the category
  2. *P value less than 0.05