Determinants of Maternal Death in a Pastoralist Area of Borena Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study
Table 6
Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with maternal death at pastoralist area of Borena zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia, 2017.
Variables
Case (%), n = 59
Control (%), n = 177
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
value
Place of residence
Urban
6 (10)
69 (39)
1
1
Rural
53 (90)
108 (61)
5.6 (2.3–13.8)
2.17 (0.7–6.8)
0.18
Husband’s education
No formal education
54 (92)
98 (55)
8.70 (3.3–22.8)
5.13 (1.6–16)
≤0.001
Formal education
5 (8)
79 (45)
1
1
Parity
0-1
16 (27)
28 (16)
1.6 (0.7–9.1)
2.74 (0.9–8.6)
0.8
2-3
20 (34)
84 (47)
0.7 (0.34–4.3)
1.64 (0.67–3.9)
0.28
4+
23(39)
65(37)
1
1
ANC attendance
Yes
25 (42)
158 (89)
5.48 (2.4–12)
5.3 (2.3–12.1)
0.004
No
34 (58)
19 (11)
1
Place of delivery
Home/on transit
32 (54)
31 (17)
5.78 (2.2–11.4)
2.62 (2.4–6)
≤0.001
Health facility
27 (46)
146 (83)
1
1
OR (95% CI) shows significant associations at and 1 represents the reference category.
