Disparities in Antenatal Care Visits between Urban and Rural Ethiopian Women

Table 2

Results of negative binomial regression.

Variable	Category	IRR (95% CI)	value
Age	15-19	1
	20-24	2.34 (0.46, 11.8)	0.304
	25-29	3.95 (0.91, 17.15)	0.067
	30-34	4.56 (1.07, 19.34)	0.040
	35-39	4.21 (0.97,18.28)	0.055
	40-44	4.61(1.03, 20.66)	0.046
	45-49	2.47 (0.49, 12.51)	0.275
Educational attainment	No education	1
	Incomplete primary	0.05 (0.02, 0.12)	<0.001
	Complete primary	0.17 (0.07, 0.42)	<0.001
	Incomplete secondary	0.52 (0.15,1.84)	0.312
	Complete secondary	0.53 (0.18,1.58)	0.254
	Higher	10.04(1.12,89.71)	0.039
Wealth index	Poorest	1
	Poorer	0.06 (0.03,0.12)	<0.001
	Middle	0.12 (0.06, 0.24)	<0.001
	Richer	0.26 (0.14,0.5)	<0.001
	Richest	0.45 (0.24,0.86)	0.016
Place of residence	Rural	1
	Urban	0.615 (0.56-0.67)	<0.001

Significance at 5%. IRR: incidence rate ratio.