Inequality in the Utilization of Maternal Healthcare Services in Odisha, India

Table 3

Binary logistic regression showing adjusted effects of selected characteristics on utilization of maternal healthcare services in Odisha, 2007-08.

Characteristics	Full ANC	95% CI	Safe delivery	95% CI	Postnatal care	95% CI
Place of residence
Urban^#
Rural	0.86	0.72–1.04	0.60^***	0.48–0.74	0.84^**	0.71–1.00
Age
15–24^#
25–34	1.26^***	1.10–1.45	1.13^*	0.99–1.30	1.17^**	1.03–1.34
35+	1.24	0.96–1.61	1.30^**	1.03–1.65	1.15	0.91–1.46
Caste
SC
ST^2	0.91	0.76–1.10	0.53^***	0.45–0.62	0.53^***	0.45–0.63
OBC^3	1.11	0.94–1.31	1.09	0.93–1.27	0.95	0.82–1.10
Others	1.10	0.92–1.31	1.10	0.93–1.31	0.99	0.84–1.17
Religion
Hindus^#
Muslims	1.50	0.90–2.50	1.08	0.61–1.90	0.96	0.58–1.60
Others	0.74	0.49–1.14	0.66^**	0.46–0.94	0.88	0.61–1.26
Education
No education^#
Less than 5 years	1.22^*	0.98–1.51	1.51^***	1.26–1.79	1.39^***	1.15–1.68
5–9 years	1.32^***	1.10–1.59	1.58^***	1.35–1.83	1.30^***	1.10–1.54
10 and more years	2.23^***	1.74–2.84	2.63^***	2.03–3.42	1.85^***	1.47–2.32
Wealth index
Poorest^#
Poorer	1.03	0.86–1.23	1.31^***	1.13–1.52	1.25^***	1.06–1.46
Middle	1.33^***	1.10–1.62	1.84^***	1.54–2.20	1.50^***	1.25–1.79
Richer	1.48^***	1.20–1.83	2.39^***	1.93–2.94	1.52^***	1.25–1.86
Richest	1.82^***	1.40–2.36	4.43^***	3.14–6.26	1.72^***	1.33–2.21
Age at marriage
Below 18^#
18 and above	1.16^**	1.01–1.34	1.15^**	1.02–1.30	1.21^***	1.06–1.37
Children ever born
One child^#
Two children	0.80^***	0.70–0.92	0.43^***	0.37–0.49	0.63^***	0.56–0.72
Three children	0.65^***	0.53–0.78	0.30^***	0.25–0.36	0.50^***	0.42–0.60
Four and above	0.44^***	0.35–0.55	0.21^***	0.17–0.26	0.35^***	0.29–0.43
Husband's education
No education^#
Less than 5 years	1.12	0.90–1.40	1.20^**	1.01–1.43	1.40^***	1.15–1.69
5–9	1.29^***	1.07–1.56	1.25^***	1.08–1.46	1.40^***	1.18–1.67
10 or more years	1.56^***	1.24–1.96	1.70^***	1.37–2.11	1.44^***	1.16–1.79
Region
Coastal^#
Northwest	1.28^***	1.12–1.47	1.23^***	1.08–1.40	1.84^***	1.62–2.08
KBK districts	1.62^***	1.36–1.93	0.86^**	0.73–1.00	1.69^***	1.44–1.99
Pseudo	0.095		0.249		0.108

Reference group, , , and . ¹Scheduled castes, ²scheduled tribes, and ³other backward class.
The Pseduo is -squared value of regression value.