Determinants of Short Interbirth Interval among Reproductive Age Mothers in Arba Minch District, Ethiopia
Table 2
Univariate and bivariate analysis of obstetric, breast-feeding, and contraception history of child-bearing age mothers in Arba Minch Zuria District, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia, 2014.
Variables
Cases number (%)
Controls number (%)
Crude Odds Ratio (95% CI)
value
Number of living children
0–2
23 (10.8)
48 (11.3)
1
3-4
99 (46.7)
216 (50.9)
0.957 (0.551–1.66)
0.874
≥5
90 (42.5)
160 (37.7)
1.17 (0.670–2.055)
0.575
Sex of the preceding child
Female
149 (70.3)
151 (35.6)
4.27 (2.99–6.10)
0.000
Male
63 (29.7)
273 (64.4)
1
Still birth before last child
No
207 (97.6)
413 (97.4)
1.10 (0.378–3.215)
0.858
Yes
5 (2.4)
11 (2.6)
1
Abortion before the last child
No
206 (97.2)
411 (96.9)
1.09 (0.41–2.90)
0.869
Yes
6 (2.8)
13 (3.1)
1
Status of the preceding child
Alive
212 (100)
420 (99)
90.96 (0.000–5.1)
0.504
Dead
0 (0)
4 (0.9)
1
Previous pregnancy plan
No
113 (53.3)
125 (29.5)
2.73 (1.94–3.84)
0.000
Yes
99 (46.7)
299 (70.5)
1
ANC in preceding pregnancy
No
107 (50.5)
103 (24.3)
3.18 (2.24–4.50)
0.000
Yes
105 (49.5)
331 (75.7)
1
Place of previous delivery
Health institution
22 (10.4)
57 (13.4)
0.75 (0.442–1.26)
0.270
Home
190 (89.6)
367 (86.6)
1
Contraceptive use before last pregnancy
No
146 (68.9)
141 (33.3)
4.44 (3.12–6.33)
0.000
Yes
66 (31.1)
283 (66.7)
1
Decision maker about F/P
Self (mother)
49 (23.10)
86 (20.30)
1
Both husband and wife
143 (67.5)
294 (69.30)
0.798 (0.423–1.50)
0.485
Husband only
20 (9.40)
44 (10.40)
0.854 (0.57–1.28)
0.442
Husband’s attitude towards optimal birth spacing
Negative
17 (8.30)
24 (5.80)
1
0.178
Positive
187 (91.7)
390 (94.2)
0.648 (0.342–1.22)
Mothers’ attitude towards optimal birth spacing and FP
