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