Research Article
Predictors and Utilization of Health Institution Services for Childbirth among Mothers in a Southern Nigerian City
Table 3
Multiple logistic regression analysis to predict health facility delivery.
| Predictors | Sig. | OR | 95% confidence interval | Lower bound | Upper bound |
| Age | 15–20 years | 0.148 | 0.362 | 0.092 | 1.434 | 21–25 years | 0.186 | 0.392 | 0.098 | 1.570 | 26–30 years | 0.059 | 0.260 | 0.064 | 1.052 | 31–35 years | 0.287 | 0.462 | 0.111 | 1.918 | 36–40 years | 0.511 | 0.606 | 0.136 | 2.705 | 41–45 years | 0.767 | 0.792 | 0.169 | 3.714 |
| Religion | Christian | 0.666 | 1.957 | 0.093 | 41.071 | Muslim | 0.668 | 0.469 | 0.015 | 14.992 |
| Marital status | Single | 0.991 | 1.071 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Married | 0.991 | 1.976 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Divorced/separated | 0.992 | 3.709 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Educational status | Postsecondary | 0.056 | 0.227 | 0.049 | 1.041 | Secondary school | 0.245 | 0.380 | 0.074 | 1.940 |
| Employment status | Employed | .000 | 7.972 | 4.047 | 1.570 | Self-employed | .000 | 7.478 | 3.783 | 1.478 | Unemployed | . | 1.116 | 1.116 | 1.116 |
| Occupation of partner | Farmer | 0.709 | 0.901 | 0.522 | 1.557 | Daily laborer | 0.560 | 1.275 | 0.563 | 2.886 | Business man | 0.104 | 1.854 | 0.880 | 3.904 |
| Partner’s educational status | Postsecondary | 0.130 | 6.463 | 0.576 | 72.475 | Secondary school | 0.217 | 4.979 | 0.390 | 63.516 | Health facility available | 0.722 | 0.629 | 0.049 | 8.089 |
| ANC registration | First trimester | 0.089 | 4.966 | 0.783 | 31.483 | Second trimester | 0.764 | 1.313 | 0.223 | 7.734 | Third trimester | 0.670 | 1.478 | 0.245 | 8.914 | Received advice where to deliver | 0.056 | 4.902 | 0.961 | 24.998 |
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