Postnatal Care Service Utilization and Associated Factors among Women Who Gave Birth in the Last 12 Months prior to the Study in Debre Markos Town, Northwestern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Bivariate and multivariable analysis of factors associated with PNC utilization among the study participants at Debremarkos town, December, 2014 ().

Variables	⁢PNC utilization		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Yes	No
Educational status of mothers
Cannot read and write	38	69	1	1
Can read and write	54	166	0.59 (0.36, 0.98)	1.16 (0.64, 2.08)
Elementary education (1–8)	37	86	0.78 (0.46, 1.24)	1.05 (0.59, 1.87)
Secondary education and above	68	70	1.76 (1.05, 2.96)	1.44 (0.79, 2.60)
Average monthly income
<25	67	159	1	1
25–75	52	134	0.96 (0.60, 1.41)	1.38 (0.83, 2.31)
>75	78	98	1.89 (1.25, 2.85)	1.15 (0.65, 2.04)
Source of information about PNC
From health personnel	84	108	1.95 (1.92, 2.96)	1.22 (0.75, 1.98)
From peers/neighbors	54	135	1.00 (0.64, 1.58)	0.71 (0.42, 1.21)
From radio/television	59	148	1	1
Awareness about PNC services
Yes	122	116	3.89 (2.96, 5.53)	0.69 (0.35, 1.40)
No	75	275	1	1
Awareness about maternal complication
Yes	124	102	4.81 (3.34, 6.95)	2.72 (1.71, 4.34)
No	73	289	1	1
Awareness about neonatal complication
Yes	115	104	3.87 (2.69, 5.56)	0.79 (0.36, 1.79)
No	82	287	1	1
Place of delivery
Home	45	207	1	1
Health institution	152	184	3.80 (2.58, 5.59)	1.68 (1.01, 2.79)
Outcome of birth
Alive	188	350	2.45 (1.16, 5.14)	2.71 (1.19, 6.19)
Stillbirth	9	41	1	1
Mode of delivery
Spontaneous vaginal delivery	134	318	1	1
Instrumental	39	66	1.40 (0.46, 2.11)	1.12 (0.82, 5.51)
Cesarean section	24	7	8.14 (3.42, 19.34)	4.82 (1.86, 12.54)
ANC follow-up for last pregnancy
Yes	138	163	3.27 (2.27, 4.71)	1.01 (0.54, 1.91)
No	59	228	1	1
Obstetric complication during last pregnancy
Yes	62	56	2.75 (1.82, 4.15)	1.23 (0.73, 2.09)
No	135	335	1	1
Delivery complication during recent birth
Yes	112	105	3.59 (2.50, 5.14)	2.58 (1.56, 4.28)
No	85	286	1	1

Significantly associated with value < 0.05.