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

Table 2

The result of logistic regression: the effect of demographic and socioeconomic factors on the use of health institutions for delivery.

Characteristics		Exp()	Significance	95% CI for Exp()
				Lower	Upper
Occup. of respondent
Farmer^*	−0.419	0.658	0.187	0.353	1.255
Merchant	1.428	4.171	0.001	1.762	9.874
House wife (RC)		1
Educ. respondent
Illiterate (RC)		1
Primary and above^*	0.023	1.024	0.939	0.562	1.865
Occup. husband
Farmer (RC)		1
Merchant	1.418	4.128	0.001	1.722	9.896
Others^*	1.038	2.824	0.126	0.748	10.658
Educ. husband
Illiterate (RC)		1
Primary and above	0.533	1.704	0.038	1.031	2.819
Family member attending formal school
Yes	0.646	1.909	0.012	1.151	3.165
No (RC)		1
Family size
Below five children (RC)		1
Five and above five children^*	0.218	1.244	0.452	0.704	2.198
History of difficult labor
Yes	1.398	4.045	0.000	2.290	7.147
No (RC)		1
Means of transport to health facility
Walk (RC)		1
Vehicle	0.972	2.644	0.028	1.109	6.305
Perception of quality of services
Good/very good	1.216	3.374	0.000	2.076	5.483
Bad/very bad (RC)		1
Rural-urban residence
Rural (RC)		1
Urban^*	0.802	2.230	0.063	0.957	5.198

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