Research Article
Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women in a Secondary Health Facility in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Table 6
Cross-tabulation of sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of the study population with knowledge of birth preparedness.
| Maternal variable | Birth preparedness | AOR (95% CI), value | Yes | No |
| Age | ≤30 years | 119 | 153 | 1.11 (0.76-1.63) | 0.561 | >30 years | 83 | 95 | 1.00 | | Education | Below tertiary | 129 | 146 | 1.23 (0.84-1.81) | 0.273 | Tertiary | 74 | 102 | 1.00 | | Residence | Urban | 157 | 178 | 1.35 (0.88-2.08) | 0.166 | Rural | 45 | 70 | 1.00 | | Social class | Upper class | 66 | 75 | 1.13 (0.75-1.68) | 0.542 | Below upper class | 136 | 173 | 1.00 | | GA at booking | ≤30 weeks | 111 | 116 | 1.36 (0.94-1.98) | 0.102 | >30weeks | 91 | 132 | 1.00 | | Trimester of booking | 1st and 2nd | 147 | 200 | 0.63 (0.40-0.98) | 0.044 | 3rd | 55 | 48 | 1.00 | | Parity | 0-1 | 131 | 139 | 1.45 (0.99-2.12) | 0.057 | 2 and above | 71 | 109 | 1.00 | |
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GA: gestational age.
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