Magnitude and determinants for place of postnatal care utilization among mothers who delivered at home in Ethiopia: a multinomial analysis from the 2016 Ethiopian demographic health survey

Ayele, Brhane Gebrekidan; Woldu, Mulugeta Abrha; Gebrehiwot, Haftom Weldearegay; Gebre-egziabher, Equbay Gebru; Gebretnsae, Hailay; Hadgu, Tsegay; Abrha, Alemnesh Araya; Medhanyie, Araya Abrha

doi:10.1186/s12978-019-0818-2

Reproductive Health

Table 4 Coefficients of multinomial logistic regression on place of PNC utilization in Ethiopia, analysis from EDHS 2016

From: Magnitude and determinants for place of postnatal care utilization among mothers who delivered at home in Ethiopia: a multinomial analysis from the 2016 Ethiopian demographic health survey

Predictor variables	Multinomial Logit Model
	Utilizes PNC at home versus not utilized at all				Utilizes PNC at HF versus not utilized at all
			95%CI				95%CI
	P-value	AOR	Lower bound	Upper bound	P-Value	AOR	Lower bound	Upper bound
Age group
15–24 years	0.571	1.241	0.588	2.618	0.306	0.745	0.423	1.310
25–34 years	0.366	1.250	0.770	2.030	0.458	0.868	0.596	1.262
35–49 years ^RC
Region
Agrarian^a	0.005	0.378	0.193	0.740	0914	0.969	0.551	1.704
Pastoralists^b	0.466	0.788	0.415	1.496	0.800	0.929	0.526	1.640
Urban admin^{c RC}
Place of residence
Urban	0.105	0.498	0.215	1.158	0.840	1.057	0.615	1.816
Rural ^RC
Educational status
Not Educated	0.740	1.080	0.685	1.705	0.139	0.778	0.558	1.085
Primary and above ^RC
Religion
Orthodox Christian	0.798	1.073	0.624	1.847	0.010	1.698	1.137	2.536
Muslim	0.889	0.964	0.572	1.623	0.423	1.181	0.786	1.777
Others^{d RC}
Number of family members
1–4	0.845	0.939	0.479	1.839	0.130	1.498	0.888	2.527
5–7	0.590	0.875	0.538	1.422	0.121	1.380	0.918	2.074
> = 8 ^RC
Sex of household head
Male	0.592	0.868	0.518	1.456	0.754	0.937	0.622	1.411
Female^RC
Wealth Index
Poor	0.154	0.696	0.423	1.146	0.007	0.608	0.424	0.873
Middle	0.466	1.216	0.718	2.061	0.257	0.791	0.527	1.187
Rich ^RC
Ever used anything to delay pregnancy
No	0.005	0.528	0.337	0.826	0.030	0.694	0.499	0.966
Used outside calendar	0.410	1.396	0.631	3.091	0.466	1.264	0.673	2.376
Used in calendar ^RC
Wanted Pregnancy when become pregnancy
Then	0.465	1.388	0.576	3.345	0.031	0.579	0.352	0.953
Later	0.051	2.544	0.998	6.486	0.894	1.038	0.597	1.805
No more ^RC
Number of ANC Visits
Have no ANC visit	0.000	0.245	0.145	0.413	0.000	0.264	0.184	0.380
1–3 visits	0.826	0.955	0.634	1.439	0.001	0.568	0.412	0.784
> =4 visits ^RC
Marital status
Married/lived with partner.	0.745	1.156	0.483	2.770	0.876	0.955	0.535	1.705
Others^{e RC}
Participant’s occ.
No work	0.225	0.745	0.462	1.200	0.065	0.711	0.495	1.022
Agricultural work	0.446	0.812	0.475	1.387	0.999	1.000	0.672	1.489
Others ^fRC
Ever heard of fistula
No	0.064	0.697	0.476	1.021	0.264	0.844	0.627	1.136
Yes ^RC
Number of living children
4 and bellow	0.3688	0.692	0.310	1.544	0.200	1.423	0.830	2.440
5 and above ^RC
Frequency of listing radio
Not at all	0.196	0.691	0.394	1.210	0.041	0.652	0.432	0.984
Less than once a week	0.606	0.933	0.416	1.668	0.235	0.731	0.435	1.227
At least once a week ^RC
Owns mobile telephone
No	0.298	1.376	0.755	2.511	0.311	0.806	0.530	1.224
Yes ^RC
Has bank account
No	0.033	0.479	0.243	0.943	0.642	0.886	0.532	1.476
Yes ^RC
Ever born children
1–2 children	0.789	0.876	0.333	2.305	0.152	0.622	0.325	1.192
3–4 children	0.827	1.094	.489	2.449	0.299	0.757	0.448	1.280
> = 5 children ^RC
Size of the newborn at birth
Larger than average	0.785	0.934	0.573	1.524	0.374	0.845	0.583	1.225
Average	0.676	1.097	0.711	1.693	0.908	0.981	0.708	1.358
Smaller than average

^a Tigray, Amhara, Oromo, and South nation nationality and peoples. ^bAfar, Gambella, Benishangule, and Somalia, ^cAddis-Ababa, Harrar and Drie-Dawa. ^dCatholic, Protestant and Others. ^e Single, divorced, widowed, separated. ^fDaily laborer, industrial work and others.
AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio. RC Reference Category
Boldfaces significant variables at p < 0.05

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