Factors Associated with Home Delivery in West Pokot County of Kenya

Table 1

Sociodemographic correlates for choice of place of childbirth.

	Place of delivery
Variables	Facility		Home		OR	95% CI
	(200)	%	(400)	%
Age (in years)
<20	152	39.0	238	61.0	2.2 ref	1.5–3.2	<0.001
20–35	36	27.7	94	72.3	0.6	0.4–1.0	0.02
>35	12	15.0	68	85.0	0.3	0.1–0.6	<0.001
Level of education
Illiterate	4	50.0	4	50.0	2.0	0.5–8.2	0.5
Primary	196	33.4	391	66.6	0.5	0.1–2.0	0.5
Secondary	0	0.0	3	100.0	—
Tertiary	0	0.0	2	100.0	—
Marital status
Single	154	40.2	229	59.8	2.5 ref	1.7–3.7	<0.001
Married	33	28.9	81	71.1	0.6	0.4–1.0	0.03
Divorced	13	12.6	90	87.4	0.2	0.1–0.4	<0.001
Occupation
Housewife	52	70.3	22	29.7	6.0	3.5–10.3	<0.001
Employed	148	28.1	378	71.9	—
Socioeconomic status (Sh.)
<5000	72	54.1	61	45.9	3.1 ref	2.1–4.7	<0.001
5000–10000	60	30.6	136	69.4	0.4	0.2–0.6	<0.001
>10000	68	25.1	203	74.9	0.3	0.2–0.5	<0.001
Distance from the nearest health facility (km)
>10	169	37.1	287	62.9	0.5 ref	0.3–0.7	0.001
<5	21	29.2	51	70.8	0.7	0.4–1.2	0.2
5–10	10	13.9	62	86.1	0.3	0.1–0.6	<0.001
Possession of a medical insurance cover
No	161	40.7	235	59.3	2.9	1.9–4.3	<0.001
Yes	39	19.1	165	80.9
Parity
1	31	68.9	14	31.1	5.1 ref	2.6–9.8	<0.001
2	105	29.9	246	70.1	0.2	0.1–0.4	0.001
>3	64	31.4	140	68.6	0.2	0.1–0.4	0.001