Timing of First Antenatal Care Attendance and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Arba Minch Town and Arba Minch District, Gamo Gofa Zone, South Ethiopia
Table 2
Multiple logistic regression models identifying factors associated with timing of first ANC attendance among pregnant women in Arba Minch Town and Arba Minch District public health facilities, SNNPR, South Ethiopia, March 2014.
Variables ()
First ANC attendance
Crude OR (95% CI)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Attended late
Attended early
Place of residence
Rural
209
25
2.98 (1.75, 5.08)
1.30 (0.68, 2.48)
Urban®
129
46
1
1
Educational status
No education
108
9
3.24 (1.55, 6.75)
2.1 (0.92, 4.79)
Have education®
230
62
1
1
Occupational status
Government®
35
13
1
1
Self-employed
46
13
1.32 (0.54, 3.18)
1.29 (0.48, 3.41)
Housewife
257
45
2.12 (1.04, 4.32)
1.45 (0.62, 3.93)
Monthly income
712.5 ETB
113
5
5.88 (2.24, 15.43)
4.91 (1.72, 14.07)
712.5–1425 ETB
79
28
0.73 (0.42, 1.28)
0.64 (0.34, 1.18)
1425 ETB®
146
38
1
1
Family size of HH
Less than five®
224
61
1
1
More than five
114
10
3.11 (1.53, 6.28)
1.53 (0.68, 3.43)
Gravida
Primigravida®
118
34
1
1
Multigravida
220
37
1.71 (1.99, 2.87)
0.85 (0.27, 2.67)
Parity
Parity zero®
132
40
1
1
Parity one and above
206
31
2.02 (1.20, 3.38)
1.11 (0.58, 2.07)
Number of children died
No children died®
276
68
1
1
One died and above
62
3
5.09 (1.55, 16.73)
1.41 (0.36, 5.53)
Previous ANC use
Yes®
194
33
1
1
No
144
38
0.65 (0.38, 1.09)
1 (0.30, 3.46)
Advised on when to start ()
4 months®
102
30
1
1
4 months
133
15
2.61 (1.33, 5.10)
3.03 (1.47, 6.24)
Number of ANC visits
Less than four visits
107
12
2.27 (1.17, 4.41)
1.12 (0.53, 2.43)
Four and above
231
59
1
1
Types of pregnancy
Planned®
208
61
1
1
Unplanned
130
10
3.8 (1.88, 7.71)
4.49 (2.16, 9.35)
HH food status
Food-secure®
296
69
1
1
Food-insecure
42
2
4.9 (1.15, 20.71)
4.66 (1.01, 21.59)
Satisfaction
High
166
46
1
1
Low
172
25
1.91 (1.12, 3.24)
1.5 (0.83, 2.73)
®, reference category. Selection criteria in binary logistic regression at and at is considered as statistically significant in multiple logistic regression model. OR: odds ratio.
