The Prevalence of Skilled Birth Attendant Utilization and Its Correlates in North West Ethiopia

Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics associated with skilled birth attendance in Akansha Guagusa Woreda, Awi zone, Amhara Region, North West Ethiopia, 2014.

Variables	SBA use		Crude odds ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
	No	Yes
Residence
Rural	253	29	1.00	1.00
Urban	50	41	7.15	5.46
Women’s education
No education	210	23	1.00	1.00
Primary	67	19	2.59	2.10 (0.71–6.16)
Secondary and above	26	28	9.83	6.12
Polygamy
No	271	57	0.36	0.36 (0.12–1.16)
Yes	12	7	1.00	1.00
Husbands’ education
No education	172	20	1.00	1.00
Primary	77	11	1.23 (0.56–2.69)	0.68 (0.23–1.98)
Secondary and above	34	33	8.35	2.04 (0.45–9.33)
Women’s occupation
Housewife	245	33	1.00	1.00
Others^+	58	37	4.74	0.07 (0.00–2.00)
Husbands’ occupation
Farmers	234	30	1.00	1.00
Others^†	49	34	5.41	7.72 (0.17–83.54)
Household size
2–4	94	36	5.07	0.83 (0.52–6.37)
5–7	156	30	1.06 (0.41–2.76)	0.76 (0.55–5.62)
8–12	53	4	1.00	1.00
Source of income
Women themselves	36	18	2.92	1.43 (0.49–4.16)
Relatives and family	44	8	1.06 (0.41–2.76)	1.79 (0.58–5.49)
Both women and husbands	147	31	1.23 (0.61–2.49)	0.82 (0.34–1.99)
Husbands	76	13	1.00	1.00

Significance at value < 0.05, value < 0.01, and value < 0.001.
Others: governmental workers, housewives, merchants, and daily laborers for respondents.
Others: governmental workers, merchants, and daily laborers for husbands.