Early Postnatal Care Service Utilization and Its Determinants among Women Who Gave Birth in the Last 6 Months in Wonago District, South Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

Multivariable analysis of factors associated with early PNC utilization of mothers at Wonago District, South Ethiopia, 2017.

Variables	Early PNC attendance		Crude	Adjusted
	No (%)	Yes (%)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Mothers education
No formal education	317 (91.1)	31 (8.9)	1	1
Primary	183 (84.3)	34 (15.7)	1.9 (1.13–3.19)	1.37 (0.72–2.61)
Secondary and above	28 (59.9)	19 (40.4)	6.93 (3.48–13.82)	3.77 (1.33–10.65)∗∗
Husband education
No formal education	136 (92.5)	11 (7.5)	1	1
Primary	291 (86.9)	44 (13.1)	1.86 (0.93–3.73)	1.51 (0.72–3.27)
Secondary and above	90 (76.3)	28 (23.7)	3.84 (1.82–8.11)	1.47 (0.56–3.85)
Occupation of mother
House wife	451 (88.1)	61 (11.9)	1	1
Farmer	21 (87.5)	3 (12.5)	1.05 (0.30–3.64)	0.89 (0.23–3.44)
Government employee	9 (64.3)	5 (35.7)	4.10 (1.33–12.65)	1.64 (0.41–6.43)
Merchant	47 (75.8)	15 (24.2)	2.36 (1.24–4.47)	1.26 (0.58–2.77)
Occupation of father
Farmer	261 (90.3)	28 (9.7)	1	1
Government employee	28 (73.3)	10 (26.3)	3.26 (1.44–7.39)	1.40 (0.45–4.31)
Merchant	141 (79.9)	36 (20.3)	2.25 (1.32–1.32)	1.77 (0.93–3.37)
Daily labourer	87 (90.6)	9 (9.4)	0.92 (0.42–2.02)	0.72 (0.29–1.73)
Having ANC
No	125 (96.9)	4 (3.1)	1	1
Yes	403 (83.4)	80 (16.9)	6.2 (2.22–17.27)	3.4 (1.15–10.09)∗
Number of alive births
One	67 (80.7)	16 (19.3)	1	1
Two–four	346 (86.6)	56 (13.9)	0.67 (0.36–1.25)	0.75 (0.21–2.74)
Five	115 (90.6)	12 (9.4)	0.43 (0.19–0.97)	1.01 (0.34–2.96)
Birth order
First	67 (80.75)	16 (19.3)	1	1
Second	94 (84.7)	17 (15.3)	0.75 (0.35–1.60)	1.82 (0.39–8.46)
Third	190 (84.4)	35 (15.6)	0.77 (0.40–1.48)	2.45 (0.55–10.82)
Fourth and above	177 (91.7)	16 (8.3)	0.37 (0.17–0.80)	1.06 (0.36–3.12)
Place of delivery
Home	326 (92.4)	27 (7.6)	1	1
Health center	202 (78)	57 (22)	3.4 (2.08–5.56)	1.8 (1.03–3.26)∗
Delivery complication
No	504 (89.4)	60 (10.6)	1	1
Yes	24 (50)	24 (50)	8.4 (4.49–15.7)	7.83 (3.76–16.28)∗∗
Past history of PNC
No	450 (88.6)	58 (11.4)	1	1
Yes	78 (75)	26 (25)	2.58 (1.53–4.35)	2.10 (1.33–3.90)∗∗
HEW visit at home
No	420 (88.4)	55 (11.6)	1	1
Yes	108 (78.8)	29 (21.2)	2.05 (1.24–3.37)	0.77 (0.42–1.39)

CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; ANC: antenatal care; PNC: postnatal care; 1: reference variable; significant at ; significant at .