Determinants of Short Interbirth Interval among Reproductive Age Mothers in Arba Minch District, Ethiopia

Table 3

Multivariate analysis of determinant factors among child-bearing age mothers in Arba Minch Zuria District, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia, 2014.

Variables	Crude Odds Ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)	value
Educational status of respondents
No formal education	4.28 (2.91–6.29)	3.40	0.000
Has formal education	1	1
Occupational status of respondents
Housewife	1.81 (0.81–9.79)	1.00 (0.17–5.86)	1.00
Merchant	2.18 (0.51–9.36)	1.46 (0.16–13.24)	0.737
Farmer	1.57 (0.32–7.66)	2.68 (0.31–23.23)	0.372
Others	1	1
Age at delivery of the last child
17–24	0.61 (0.38–1.09)	0.98 (0.36–2.66)	0.965
25–29	0.71 (0.44–1.15)	0.90 (0.40–2.00)	0.789
30–34	0.95 (0.57–1.60)	2.58 (1.08–6.15)	0.032
≥35	1	1
Contraceptive use before the last pregnancy
No	4.44 (3.12–6.33)	3.01	0.000
Yes	1	1
Sex of the preceding child
Female	4.27 (2.99–6.10)	6.79	0.000
Male	1	1
Breast-feeding duration of the preceding child
<24 months	48.9 (30.02–79.68)	60.19	0.000
≥24 months	1	1
Place of previous delivery
Health institution	0.75 (0.442–1.26)	1.53 (0.61–3.80)	0.364
Home	1	1
Wealth index
Poorest	5.27 (2.92–9.51)	14.33	0.002
Second	3.25 (1.79–5.91)	6.46 (2.26–8.48)	0.001
Middle	2.52 (1.38–4.62)	3.98 (1.39–11.38)	0.010
Fourth	2.46 (1.34–4.51)	3.96 (1.41–11.13)	0.009
Richest	1	1
Previous pregnancy plan
No	2.73 (1.94–3.84)	1.44 (0.90–2.61)	0.225
Yes	1	1

Statistically significant at ; statistically significant at ;  daily laborer, student, and employed.