Comparison of Bayesian and Classical Methods for Exploring the Important Factors regarding Maternal and Child Health Care

Table 3

Odds ratios regarding access to ANC and medical drugs using Bayesian logistic regression models.

Factors	Access to ANC			Utilization of medical drugs
	Utilized	Total	ORs with CI	Utilized	Total	ORs with CI
MAB
<20	416 (85%)	491	1.617 {1.269, 2.058}^c	284 (58%)	491	0.817 {0.760, 1.101}^a
20–34	4709 (88%)	5370	2.060 {1.778, 2.382}^d	3254 (61%)	5370	1.098 {0.908, 1.167}^a
35–49 (R)	658 (78%)	849	1 {reference}	509 (60%)	849	1 {reference}
BO
1	1265 (94%)	1351	5.683 {4.614, 7.116}^d	919 (68%)	1351	2.115 {1.832, 2.438}^d
3-Feb	2311 (89%)	2585	3.262 {2.770, 3.813}^d	1621 (63%)	2585	1.668 {1.473, 1.874 }^d
5-Apr	1447 (84%)	1718	2.060 {1.762, 2.405}^d	976 (57%)	1718	1.305 {1.149, 1.487}^d
6+ (R)	762 (72%)	1057	1 {reference}	531 (50%)	1057	1 {reference}
Residence
Urban (R)	2120 (94%)	2248	1 {reference}	1533 (68%)	2248	1 {reference}
Rural	3664 (82%)	4463	0.277 {0.234, 0.325}^d	2513 (56%)	4463	0.601 {0.549, 0.656}^d
Education
No education	2431 (76%)	3212	0.017 {0.008, 0.034}^d	1567 (49%)	3212	0.184 {0.156, 0.216}^d
Primary	1018 (93%)	1097	0.073 {0.032, 0.145}^d	670 (61%)	1097	0.305 {0.253, 0.365}^d
Middle	633 (95%)	663	0.145 {0.066, 0.292}^d	436 (66%)	663	0.376 {0.308, 0.456}^d
Secondary	797 (96%)	828	0.145 {0.062, 0.297}^d	609 (74%)	828	0.541 {0.445, 0.659}^d
Higher (R)	906 (99%)	911	1 {reference}	763 (84%)	911	1 {reference}
WQ
Lowest	973 (67%)	1444	0.037 {0.025, 0.052}^d	637 (44%)	1444	0.182 {0.156, 0.210}^d
Second	1038 (80%)	1299	0.075 {0.051, 0.105}^d	661 (51%)	1299	0.237 {0.205, 0.276}^d
Middle	1256 (92%)	1371	0.206 {0.139, 0.295}^d	786 (57%)	1371	0.311 {0.266, 0.359}^d
Fourth	1291 (96%)	1349	0.401 {0.262, 0.593}^d	948 (70%)	1349	0.543 {0.466, 0.635}d
Highest (R)	1226 (98%)	1248	1 {reference}	1015 (81%)	1248	1 {reference}
Region
Punjab	3187 (92%)	3453	0.657 {0.204, 1.558}^d	2137 (62%)	3453	0.409 {0.227, 0.697}^d
Sindh	1346 (86%)	1571	0.355 {0.120, 0.858}^d	966 (62%)	1571	0.412 {0.234, 0.693}^d
KPK	882 (80%)	1101	0.243 {0.079, 0.556}^d	618 (56%)	1101	0.331 {0.183, 0.551 }^d
Balochistan	209 (56%)	377	0.078 {0.026, 0.182}^d	206 (55%)	377	0.309 {0.169, 0.543}^d
FATA	111 (71%)	156	0.152 {0.049, 0.362}^d	76 (49%)	156	0.249 {0.132, 0.442}^d
AJK	812 (90%)	906	0.506 {0.167, 1.200}^d	608 (67%)	906	0.520 {0.291, 0.891}^d
Gilgit Baltistan	532 (80%)	668	0.236 {0.082, 0.556}^d	390 (58%)	668	0.366 {0.198, 0.627}^d
Islamabad (R)	51 (94%)	54	1 {reference}	43 (80%)	54	1 {reference}

a: p > 0.05; b: p < 0.05; c: p < 0.01; d: p < 0.001.