Research Article
Factors Associated with Home Delivery in West Pokot County of Kenya
Table 2
Multivariate analysis of predictors of place of delivery.
| | Place of delivery | | | | Variables | Facility | Home | OR | 95% CI | | | | % | | % | | | |
| Age (in years) | | | | | | | | <20 | 152 | 39.0 | 238 | 61.0 | 0.7 | 0.4–1.3 | 0.23 | Marital status | | | | | | | | Single | 154 | 40.2 | 229 | 59.8 | 1.3 | 0.6–2.5 | 0.5 | Occupation | | | | | | | | Housewife | 52 | 70.3 | 22 | 29.7 | 4.5 | 2.1–9.5 | 0.001 | Socioeconomic status (Sh.) | | | | | | | | <5000 | 72 | 54.1 | 61 | 45.9 | 4.4 | 2.4–8.1 | 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 | Possession of a medical insurance cover | | | | | | | | No | 161 | 40.7 | 235 | 59.3 | 1.7 | 0.96–3.0 | 0.07 | Parity | | | | | | | | 1 | 31 | 68.9 | 14 | 31.1 | 1.5 | 0.5–4.6 | 0.51 |
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