Table 4

Predictors of home births

Characteristics (n=824)
438: Home births
386: Institutional delivery
p Value
(ignoring clustering)
Crude OR (95% CI), p value
(accounted for clustering)
Adjusted* OR (95% CI), p value
(LR test)
 Buland masjid<0.0011<0.001
 CPJ0.42 (0.30 to 0.59)
 Chaderpuri0.69 (0.49 to 96)
Birth order second and above<0.0012.12 (1.57 to 2.87)<0.0011.96 (1.44 to 2.69)<0.001
Lower SES1
Middle SES0.0330.90 (0.64 to 1.26)0.0110.96 (0.66 to 1.406)0.68
Highest SES0.70 (0.50 to 0.98)0.91 (0.60 to 1.38)
Joint families0.0570.78 (0.57 to 1.05)0.102
Non-Muslims0.0040.77 (0.54 to 1.1)0.150.78 (0.54 to 1.14)0.21
Schooling of HOH0.0070.74 (0.55 to 0.99)0.040.71 (0.53 to 0.97)0.031
 Not working10.06310.2
 Elementary job0.0241.63 (1.08 to 2.45)1.54 (1 to 2.38)
 Skilled job1.42 (0.92 to 2.17)1.40 (0.89 to 2.21)
Own the house0.0040.76 (0.56 to 1.02)0.070.94 (0.65 to 1.34)0.72
Ration card possession0.0370.80 (0.60 to 1.07)0.14
Not belonging to Delhi<0.0011.61 (1.21 to 2.15)0.0011.46 (1.08 to 1.97)0.013
  • *Adjusted for house ownership, SES, literacy of HOH, Occupation of HOH, belonging to Delhi and birth order.

  • HOH, head of the household; LR test, likelihood ratio test; SES, socioeconomic status.