Table 5 Factors associated with women received adequate ANC at public hospitals of Afar regional state, Northeast ethiopia, 2024 (n = 682).

From: Receipt of adequate antenatal care and associated factors among women delivering in public hospitals, Afar region, Ethiopia

Characteristics

Category

Unadjusted

Adjusted

P-value

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Age (years)

14–24

1.00

1.00

0.05

25–34

0.27 (0.11, 0.65)

0.35 (0.92, 1.99)

35–49

0.98 (0.71, 1.35)

0.89 (0.57, 1.42)

0.648

Marital status

Not-married (single/widowed/divorced)

1.00

1.00

0.020

Married

1.75 (1.67, 2.62)

1.97 (1.11, 3.49)*

Educational status

No formal education

1.00

1.00

0.629

Primary education

1.85 (1.27, 2.69)

0.88 (0.53, 1.48)

Secondary and above

2.02 (1.34, 3.05)

1.53 (1.28, 2.01)*

0.049

Employment status

Not employed

1.00

1.00

0.217

Employed

3.24 (1.97, 5.34)

1.58 (0.77, 3.26)

Housewife

1.37 (0.94, 2.01)

0.76 (0.45, 1.27)

0.300

Gender of household head

Male

1.00

1.00

0.05

Female

3.08 (2.02, 4.71)

1.69 (0.95, 3.35)

Mass-media exposure

Almost daily exposure

1.00

1.00

0.499

Infrequent/not at all

0.45 (0.32, 0.63)

0.85 (0.53, 1.36)

Involvement in decision making

Not involved at all

1.00

1.00

0.210

Partially involved

3.37 (2.36, 4.81)

1.48 (0.81, 2.72)

Wealth index

Lower (poorest/poorer)

1.00

1.00

0.665

Medium

1.48 (0.95, 2.32)

0.88 (0.51, 1.53)

Higher (richer/richest)

4.29 (2.92, 6.29)

1.89 (1.13, 3.17)*

0.015

Parity

Primiparous

1.00

1.00

0.864

Multiparous

0.53 (0.37, 0.77)

0.88 (0.21, 3.71)

Gravidity

Primigravida

1.00

1.00

0.611

Multigravida

0.52 (0.34, 0.78)

0.77 (0.29, 2.08)

Pregnancy intention

Unintended

1.00

1.00

0.084

Intended

1.99 (1.26, 3.17)

1.65 (0.94, 2.92)

Birth order

1

1.00

1.00

0.738

2–4

0.69 (0.46, 1.05)

1.25 (0.34, 4.62)

≥ 5

0.35 (0.23, 0.54)

0.88 (0.24, 3.26)

0.850

Awareness about the starting time of ANC visit

Poor

1.00

1.00

< 0.001

Good

8.91 (5.66, 14.1)

6.82 (4.02, 11.57)*

Awareness about danger signs of pregnancy

Poor

1.00

1.00

0.002

Good

10.3 (4.44, 23.9)

4.29 (1.73, 10.66)*

Awareness about the frequency of recommended ANC visit

Poor

1.00

1.00

0.049

Good

1.96 (1.36, 2.83)

1.48 (1.01, 2.41)*

ANC provider

Doctor/health officer

1.00

1.00

0.297

Nurse or midwife

0.73 (0.52, 1.01)

0.79 (0.50, 1.23)

Health extension worker

0.49 (0.26, 0.96)

0.65 (0.29, 1.46)

0.295

Model diagnostics

Hosmer–Lem shows statistic test result

Chi-square

579.97

 

Degrees of freedom

583

P-value

0.252

  1. *Statistically significant variables at 5% level of significance.
  2. AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interva, COR Crude Odds Ratio.