Research Article

Factors Associated with Utilization of Complete Postnatal Care Service in Baglung Municipality, Nepal

Table 5

Odds ratio of factors associated with use of complete PNC.

VariablesUnadjusted OR (95% CI)Adjusted OR (95% CI)Adjusted value

Occupation of respondents’ husbands
 Service (job holder)2.51 (1.23-5.12)3.49 (1.50-8.13)0.004
 Business1.41 (0.67-2.99)1.69 (0.71-4.00)0.229
 Labour1.02 (0.41-2.50)2.11 (0.72-6.18)0.171
 Foreign employment11
Type of facility used for delivery
 Government hospital11
 Private hospital10.2 (5.23-20.2)11.4 (5.40-24.2)<0.001
Caste/ethnicity
 Janajati2.71 (1.13-6.48)2.87 (1.09-7.53)0.031
 Brahman/Chhetri2.87 (1.26-6.54)3.18 (1.24-8.12)0.016
 Dalits11
Awareness level on PNC
 Poor11
 Good1.75 (1.02-3.03)1.34 (0.71-2.54)0.362
Complication during childbirth
 Yes1.89 (1.01-3.53)1.25 (0.58-2.67)0.561
 No11

1 indicates reference category.