Factors Affecting Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services in Kombolcha District, Eastern Hararghe Zone, Oromia Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 1

The result of logistic regression: the effect of demographic and socioeconomic factors on the use of ANC services.

Characteristics		Exp()	Significance	95% CI for Exp()
				Lower	Upper
Age of respondent
15–24^*	0.373	1.452	0.669	0.262	8.033
25–39	1.694	5.440	0.034	1.133	26.113
40–49 (RC)		1
Educ. respondent
Illiterate (RC)		1
Primary and above	0.951	2.587	0.031	1.090	6.140
Health educ. on maternal health
Yes^*	1.158	3.184	0.234	0.472	21.471
No (RC)		1
Family size
Below five children (RC)		1
Five and above five children^*	0.414	1.514	0.263	0.732	3.128
History of abortion/still birth
Yes	2.605	13.536	0.000	5.673	32.297
No (RC)		1
Means of transport to health institution
Walk (RC)
Vehicle^*	1.000	2.718	0.070	0.922	8.013
Perception of quality of services
Good/very good	2.316	10.136	0.000	2.776	37.006
Bad/very bad (RC)		1
Rural-urban residence
Rural (RC)		1
Urban	1.698	5.463	0.001	1.995	14.957

RC: refers to reference category. ^*These variables are insignificant at .