Determinants of Skilled Birth Attendance in the Northern Parts of Ghana
Table 2
Binary logistic regression on skilled delivery among women in the Northern part of Ghana.
Explanatory variable
Model 1 OR
95% confidence interval
Model 2 AOR
95% confidence interval
Region
Brong Ahafo
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Northern
0.15–0.26
0.33–0.69
Upper East
1.08–2.21
1.96–4.66
Upper West
0.41–0.77
1.35
0.91–2.01
Household wealth
Poorest
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Poorer
1.61–2.77
1.38
0.99–1.92
Middle
3.74–8.72
1.25–3.60
Richer
12.8–94.56
2.62–22.66
Richest
1
1
1
1
Education
No education
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Primary
2.75–5.01
1.22–2.50
Secondary
4.59–8.57
1.20–2.66
Higher
1
1
1
1
Age
15–19
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
20–24
0.54
0.23–1.28
0.67
0.25–1.82
25–29
0.45
0.20–1.05
0.59
0.21–1.61
30–34
0.18–0.97
0.59
0.21–1.68
35–39
0.16–0.89
0.58
0.20–1.69
40–44
0.15–0.91
0.68
0.23–2.04
45–49
0.08–0.51
0.46
0.15–1.48
Parity
One birth
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Two births
0.40–0.87
0.65
0.40–1.07
Three births
0.35–0.76
0.65
0.39–1.09
Four births or more
0.22–0.44
0.70
0.41–1.21
Partners education
No education
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Primary
2.15–4.12
1.04–2.22
Secondary
3.55–6.01
0.39–1.09
Higher
5.95–22.21
1.65
0.41–1.21
Distance to health facility
Not a big problem
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Big problem
2.61–3.93
1.41
1.06–1.86
Money needed for treatment
Not a big problem
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Big problem
2.21–3.34
1.19
0.90–1.58
Religion
Christianity
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Islam
0.99
0.79–1.23
1.02
0.77–1.37
Traditional/spiritual
0.07–0.18
0.16–0.44
No religion
0.11–0.30
0.20–0.66
Residence
Urban
Ref
Ref
Ref
Ref
Rural
0.14–0.25
0.31–0.67
Computed from 2014 GDHS; Ref: reference; ; model is a bivariate analysis of the individual explanatory variables and the outcome variable; model is a multivariate analysis of all the explanatory variables and the outcome variable.
