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

Table 3

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

Variables	SBA use		Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
	No	Yes
Age at first marriage
8–15 years	148	17	0.21	1.64 (0.35–7.64)
16–18 years	84	14	0.30	0.76 (0.25–2.28)
19–27 years	71	39	1.00	1.00
Age at first pregnancy
14–18 years	120	18	0.53	0.44 (0.11–1.67)
19–31 years	183	52	1.00	1.00
Parity
1–4 children	173	55	2.76	1.82 (0.68–4.88)
5–12 children	130	15	1.00	1.00
Frequency of ANC visit
One visit	78	11	1.00	1.00
Two and three visits	121	30	1.76 (0.83–3.71)	2.52 (0.81–7.83)
Four visits and more	22	23	7.41	17.33
Type of nearby HF
Health post	253	29	1.00	1.00
Health center	50	41	7.15	5.67
Travelling hour
<1 hour	81	46	9.94	3.75 (0.54–25.67)
1 hour	187	22	2.06 (0.46–9.15)	1.50 (0.25–9.08)
>1 hour	35	2	1.00	1.00
Ever given birth at HF
No	240	36	1.00	1.00
Yes	63	34	3.60	0.77 (0.29–2.04)
Problem during current labour
No	283	22	0.04	0.02
Yes	23	48	1.00	1.00

Significance at value < 0.05, value < 0.01, and value < 0.001.