Adherence to Iron-Folate Supplementation and Associated Factors among Pastoralist’s Pregnant Women in Burji Districts, Segen Area People’s Zone, Southern Ethiopia: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Factors associated with adherence to IFAS among Pastoralist’s Pregnant women in Burji Districts, Segen Area Zone of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, Ethiopia, March-April 2017(N=317).

Variables	Categories	Adherence status		COR(95 CI)	AOR(95 CI)
		Adhered	Not Adhered
		N ()	N ()
Age	15-19	11(6.7)	11(7.1)	0.67(0.21,2.12)	0.83(0.27,2.53)
	20-34	142(87.1)	128(83.1)	0.60(0.26,1.39)	1.24(0.29,5.23)
	≥35	10(6.1)	15(9.7)	1	1
Maternal educational status	Have No formal education	82(50.3)	106(68.8)	1	1
	Primary	31(19	16(10.4)	2.02 (1.19,3.43)	0.77(0.34,1.71)
	Secondary and above	50(30.7)	32(20.8)	0.81 (0.38,1.71)	2.47(1.13,4.97)
Husband educational status	Have No formal education	44(27)	62(40.2)	1	1
	Primary	69(42.3)	60(39)	2.20 (1.22,3.97)	1.46(0.72,2.94)
	Secondary and above	50(30.7)	32(20.8)	1.36(0.77,2.39)	2.10(0.92,4.39)
Maternal occupational status	Housewife	109(66.9)	113(73.4)	1	1
	Merchants	25(15.3)	25(16.2)	1.81(0.79,4.13)	1.98(0.82,4.79)
	Employers	29(17.8)	16(10.4)	1.88(0.97,3.65)	2.13(0.94,4.37)
Family size	1-3	25(15.3)	20(13)	1	1
	4-6	54(33.1)	49(31.8)	1.13(0.56,2.29)	1.43(0.61,3.36)
	>6	84(51.5)	85(55.2)	1.27(0.65,2.45)	1.05(0.38,2.88)
Gravidity	Primigravida	98(60.1)	82(53.2)	1	1
	Multigravida	65(39.9)	72(46.8)	1.32(0.85, 2.07)	1.17(0.52,2.61)
Trimester	First	58(35.6)	63(40.9)	1	1
	Second	98(60.1)	79(51.3)	0.74 (0.47,1.18)	1.19(0.34,4.17)
	Third	7(4.3)	12(7.8)	1.58(0.58,4.28)	0.51(0.71,1.47)
Time of Registration	Early(≤16weeks)	100(61.3)	85(55.2)	1.29(0.82,2.02)	2.49(1.45,4.27)
	Late(>16weeks)	63(38.7)	69(44.8)	1	1
History of Anemia	Yes	74(45.4)	67(43.5)	1.08(0.69,1.68)	2.02(1.09,3.72)
	No	89(54.6)	87(56.5)	1	1
Knowledge of Anemia	Good	84(51.5)	86(55.8)	1.19(0.76,1.85)	1.21(0.75,1.95)
	Poor	79(48.5)	68(44.2)	1	1
Knowledge of IFAS	Good	52(31.9)	27(17.5)	2.2(1.29,3.74)	1.96(1.02,3.76)
	Poor	111(68.1)	127(82.5)	1	1

AOR = adjusted odd ratio; CI = confidence interval; COR = crude odd ratio; = statistically significant