Factors associated with PNC usage among women giving birth in the last 5 years preceding the survey in Ethiopia, 2016
| Variables | PNC use | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | ||
| Yes | No | ||||
| Maternal education | Above secondary | 45 | 270 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| No education | 226 | 4133 | 0.39 (0.27 to 0.56) | 0.55 (0.37 to 0.84) | |
| Primary | 158 | 1784 | 0.57 (0.39 to 0.83) | 0.69 (0.46 to 1.01) | |
| Secondary | 67 | 510 | 0.81 (0.54 to 1.23) | 0.87 (0.57 to 1.315) | |
| Age (years) | 15–19 | 16 | 342 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 20–34 | 351 | 4690 | 1.47 (0.88 to 2.47) | 1.47 (0.87 to 2.48) | |
| 35–49 | 129 | 1665 | 1.46 (0.85 to 2.51) | 1.75 (1.01 to 3.04) | |
| Religion | Orthodox Christian | 246 | 2123 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Muslim | 179 | 3145 | 0.83 (0.63 to 1.11) | ||
| Protestant | 69 | 1269 | 0.78 (0.54 to 1.14) | ||
| Others* | 2 | 160 | 0.18 (0.04 to 0.75) | ||
| Residence | Urban | 160 | 1352 | 1.00 | |
| Rural | 336 | 5345 | 0.60 (0.47, 0. 76) | ||
| Wealth Index | Richest | 180 | 1461 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Poorest | 87 | 2341 | 0.39 (0.28 to 0.55) | 0.55 (0.39 to 0.78) | |
| Poorer | 74 | 1105 | 0.64 (0.45 to 0.89) | 0.75 (0.54 to 1.056) | |
| Middle | 75 | 953 | 0.77 (0.55 to 1.07) | 0.85 (0.61 to 1.19) | |
| Richer | 80 | 837 | 1.06 (0.78 to 1.45) | 0.94 (0.63 to 1.407) | |
| ANC visit | No antenatal care | 58 | 2423 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ANC one to three visits | 141 | 1951 | 2.58 (1.88 to 3.54) | 2.37 (1.71 to 3.29) | |
| ANC at four visits | 297 | 2323 | 4.09 (3.01 to 5.55) | 3.43 (2.47 to 4.76) | |
| Sex of child | Male | 233 | 3485 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Female | 263 | 3212 | 1.20 (1.00 to 1.45) | ||
| Place of delivery | Health facility | 266 | 2433 | 1.00 | |
| Other than health facility | 230 | 4264 | 0.67 (0.54 to 0.82) | ||
↵*Catholic, traditional and other unclassified.
Bold face value indicates significant varaibles in mutivaraible logistic regresion at 0.05 level of significance or 95% confidence level.
AOR, adjusted odds ratio; COR, crude odds ratio; PNC, postnatal care.