The Role of Demand Factors in Utilization of Professional Care during Childbirth: Perspectives from Yemen

Table 2

Variables with significant explanatory power in multiple logistic regression using previous location of childbirth (home/clinic/hospital) as a dependent variable (n: 220).

Explanatory variable	Odds ratio (OR)	Confidence interval (CI) 95%
Women’s authority during childbirth	OR 1.26	CI 1.12–1.42
Presence of birth support person(s)	OR 1.36	CI 1.21–1.53
Own choice of birth attendance/location of childbirth	OR 1.14	CI 1.01–1.27
Antenatal care	OR 1.11	CI 1.01–1.22
Family income from land/cattle	OR 1.14	CI 1.03–1.26
Distance to the location of childbirth	OR 1.47	CI 1.41–1.52

Other variables (which did not make independent significant predictions) included in the multiple logistic regression analysis were women’s literacy, women’s employment and wage salary during the last three months, husbands’ literacy and education, number of dependents, birth complications, mother-infant proximity, and urban/rural place of residence.