Intended Pregnancy as a Predictor of Good Knowledge on Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness: the Case of Northern Ethiopia Pregnant Mothers
Table 4
Bivariate and Multivariable logistic regression analysis for factors associated with knowledge on BP/CR among pregnant women at Debre Markos town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017(n=436).
Variables
Knowledge on BP/CR
COR(95CI)
AOR(95CI)
Good
Poor
Mother’s age
18-24
202
123
1.21(0.42,3.76)
1.13(0.21,4.26)
>24
64
47
1
1
Mothers educational status
Able to read &write
181
206
1.81(3.05,9.31)
1.32(0.52,2.21)
Unable to read &write
16
33
1
1
Mothers occupation
Government
95
75
2.50(1.60, 3.93)
6.50(2.5,16.87)
Private employee
35
39
1.78(1.01,3.12)
1.5(0.79,2.87)
Daily labor
14
20
1.39(0.65,2.96)
1.4(0.60,3.2)
House wife
53
105
1
1
Husband education
Can read to &write
217
200
1.21(0.42,12.71)
1.15(0.32,9.46)
Un able to read & write
9
10
1
1
Husbands occupation
Civil servant
128
101
1.12(0.53,1.82)
1.05(0.36,1.49)
Private
74
67
0.98(0.28,3.74)
0.74(0.17,3.64)
Daily labored
35
31
1
1
Monthly income (US Dollar)
<39
14
31
1
1
39.00-90.00
18
35
1.14(0.49, 2.66)
1.18(0.48,0.93)
>90.00
165
173
2.11(1.08,4.11)
1.54(0.75,3.20)
Intended Pregnancy
Yes
177
190
2.28(1.30,3.99)
2.13(1.16,3.90)
No
20
49
1
1
Parity
One or more
118
120
1.48(2.61,9.63)
2.17(1.18,4.0)
Nulipara
79
119
1
1
ANC follow up for current pregnancy
Yes
190
205
4.5(1.95,10.4)
5.50(2.20,13.70)
No
7
34
1
1
Gravidity
Primigravida
102
98
1.10(0.83,6.48)
1.04(0.72,2.47)
Multigravida
115
121
1
1
Place of ANC visit(n=253)
Hospital
36
23
1.41(0.73,1.38)
1.37(0.69,1.25)
Health center
102
92
1
1
Desired number of children
1-4
202
184
1.19(0.63,3.71)
1.13(0.57,2.18)
5 or above
24
26
1
1
=P-value <0.05, =P-value <0.01, and 1= reference category.
