Improved pregnancy outcome in refugees and migrants despite low literacy on the Thai-Burmese border: results of three cross-sectional surveys

Table 2 Maternal characteristics, habits and health risks associated with the ability to read (dependent variable) among pregnant women from migrant and camp populations (all 3 surveys combined, n = 2424)

Variables examined:	N	Ability to read % can read (n)	OR [95%CI]	AOR [95%CI]
< 30 yrs	1716	51% (876)	0.6 [0.5-0.7]	0.3 [0.2-0.4]
≥ 30 yrs	708	39% (273)	1.0	1.0
Primigravid	624	60% (374)	0.5 [0.4-0.6]	0.6 [0.5-0.8]
Multigravid	1800	43% (775)	1.0	1.0
Non-Karen	315	64% (200)	0.5 [0.4-0.6]	0.7 [0.5-0.8]
Karen	1197	45% (542)	1.0	1.0
Living in camp	1965	49% (957)	0.8 [0.6-0.9]	NS
Migrant workers	459	42% (192)	1.0
Non-Smoking	1675	58% (966)	0.2 [0.1-0.3]	0.3 [0.2-0.4]
Smoking	748	24% (182)	1.0	1.0
No Malaria	1965	50% (975)	0.6 [0.5-0.8]	0.7 [0.5-0.9]
Malaria (+)	459	38% (174)	1.0	1.0
No Anaemia	1142	51% (583)	0.8 [0.6-0.9]	NS
Anaemia (+)	1277	44% (563)	1.0
Clinic delivery	1228	53% (652)	0.6 [0.5-0.7]	0.5 [0.4-0.7]
Home delivery	1029	40% (414)	1.0	1.0

In bold, OR and AOR with a p < 0.05; all variables with p < 0.05 in univariate analysis were entered in the logistic regression model to obtain the AOR.

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