Research Article
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 |
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