Healthcare-Seeking Behavior and Associated Factors for Newborn Danger Signs among Mothers Who Gave Birth in the Last 12 Months in Anlemo District

Table 6

Multivariable analysis of healthcare-seeking behavior of mothers on neonatal danger signs in Anlemo district, southern Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables		Healthcare-seeking behavior		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
		Sought nonmedical care (%)	Sought medical care (%)
Educational status of respondent	Unable to read and write	93 (51.7)	37 (38.9)	1	1	1
	Elementary	62 (34.4)	42 (44.2)	1.70 (0.98, 2.94)	1.68 (0.64, 4.40)	0.288
	Secondary	19 (10.6)	7 (7.4)	0.93 (0.36, 2.38)	0.54 (0.09, 2.96)	0.476
	College and above	6 (3.3)	9 (9.5)	3.77 (1.25, 11.34)	6.34 (1.23, 32.69)	0.027
Time to reach nearest HF	≤30	75 (41.7)	56 (58.9)	2.01 (1.21, 3.33)	2.53 (1.05, 6.08)	0.038
	>30	105 (58.3)	39 (41.1)	1	1	1
PNC follow-up	Yes	116 (64.4)	82 (86.3)	1	1	1
	No	64 (35.6)	13 (13.7)	2.82 (1.26, 6.32)	1.29 (0.32, 5.26)	0.715
Place of delivery	Health institutions	58 (50.0)	57 (69.5)	1	1	1
	Home	58 (50.0)	25 (30.5)	0.44 (0.24, 0.79)	0.34 (0.12, 0.96)	0.042

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