Early Initiation of Antenatal Care and Factors Associated with Early Antenatal Care Initiation at Health Facilities in Southern Ethiopia

Table 4

Association of factors with timely booking of first ANC, Shebedino district in 2015.

Variables	Time at first ANC visit		Crude OR [CI]	Adjusted OR [CI]
	Booked early	Booked late
Age of mother
Age ≥ 25	61 [19.48%]	252 [80.52%]	1.00	1.00
Age < 25	71 [24.06%]	224 [75.94%]	1.390 [0.93, 2.46]	0.88 [0.36, 2.15]
Place of residence
Urban	13 [20.63%]	50 [79.36%]	0.93 [0.56, 2.04]	0.57 [0.20, 1.61]
Rural	119 [21.71%]	426 [78.29%]	1.00	1.00
Media access
Had radio/TV	81 [26.04%]	230 [73.96%]	1.69 [1.02, 2.20]	2.11
Had no radio/TV	51 [17.17%]	246 [82.83%]	1.00	1.00
Educational level of mother
Primary and below	109 [23.42%]	399 [76.58%]	1.00	1.00
Secondary and above	23 [23.00%]	77 [77.00%]	1.08 [0.63, 1.53]	1.64 [0.55, 4.89]
Educational level of husband
Primary and below	98 [22.95%]	329 [77.05%]	1.00	1.00
Secondary and above	34 [18.78%]	147 [81.22%]	0.78 [0.49, 1.11]	0.41 [0.17, 1.00]
Occupation of mother
Employed	10 [21.27%]	37 [78.73%]	0.97 [0.47, 1.47]	0.62 [0.18, 1.19]
Unemployed	122 [21.74%]	439 [78.26%]	1.00	1.00
Gravity
Prim gravid	48 [28.23%]	122 [71.77%]	1.65 [1.10,2.19]	1.04
Two and above	84 [19.19%]	354 [80.81%]	1.00	1.00
Parity of mother
No parity	48 [18.32%]	214 [81.68%]	1.00	1.00
Parity one and above	84 [24.27%]	262 [75.73%]	1.42 [0.95, 1.89]	0.14 [0.006, 3.46]
Perception on time of ANC initiation
Perceived at and before 12 weeks	102 [53.96%]	87 [46.04%]	20.14 [12.81, 27.47]	4.49
Perceived after 12 weeks	22 [5.50%]	378 [94.50%]	1.00	1.00
Plan of pregnancy by mother
Planned	102 [21.29%]	377 [78.71%]	0.89 [0.70, 1.08]	0.72 [0.26, 1.34]
Unplanned	30 [23.25%]	99 [76.75%]	1.00	1.00
Plan of pregnancy by husband
Planned	109 [21.00%]	410 [79.00%]	0.76 [0.45, 1.07]	0.30
Unplanned	23 [25.84%]	66 [74.16%]	1.00	1.00
Advised when to start first ANC
Advised to book before and at 3 months of gestation	93 [55.35%]	75 [44.65%]	17.80 [11.21, 24.39]	4.14
Advised to book after 3 months of gestation	19 [6.52%]	272 [93.48%]	1.00	1.00
Past experience of timing
Book before and at 3 months of gestation	55 [31.97%]	117 [68.03%]	1.65 [1.10, 2.20]	2.50
Book after 3 months of gestation	19 [8.52%]	204 [91.48%]	1.00	1.00

Note. Significant at and .