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Table 2 Unadjusted odds ratios for determinants of health facility delivery among women in Kenya 1

From: Factors influencing place of delivery for women in Kenya: an analysis of the Kenya demographic and health survey, 2008/2009

Exposure variable

OR2(95% CI)

P value3

Exposure variable

OR2(95% CI)

P value3

Socio-cultural factors

  

Perceived benefit/need

  

Maternal age

  

No. of ANC2visits

  

≤20 years

1.00

<0.001*

≤1 visits

1.00

<0.001*

21 – 34 years

0.92 (0.69 – 1.22)

2 visits

2.68 (1.75 – 4.10)

≥35 years

0.58 (0.41 – 0.81)

3 visits

4.05 (2.82 – 5.83)

Marital status

 

≥ 4 visits

8.38 (6.01 – 11.7)

Married

1.00

<0.001

Birth order

  

Never Married

1.01 (0.75 – 1.37)

1st delivery

1.00

<0.001*

Living together

1.10 (0.77 – 1.58)

2nd delivery

0.53 (0.40 – 0.71)

Widowed

0.56 (0.48 – 0.82)

3rd delivery

0.30 (0.23 – 0.39)

Divorced

0.85 (0.36 – 2.03)

≥4th delivery

0.18 (0.13 – 0.26)

Separated

1.23 (0.80 – 1.89)

Prenatal healthcare provider

 

Ethnic group

  

Nurse

1.00

<0.001

Luhya

1.00

<0.001

Doctor

1.42 (1.05 – 1.91)

 

Kalenjin

1.05 (0.57 – 1.91)

TBA3

0.22 (0.10 – 0.48)

 

Kamba

1.34 (0.84 – 2.13)

No ANC

0.13 (0.07 – 0.24)

 

Kikuyu

6.03 (3.45 – 10.52)

Health facility of ANC 2

 

Kisii

1.80 (1.16 – 2.80)

Govt hospital

1.00

<0.001

Luo

1.84 (1.25 – 2.72)

None

0.08 (0.04 – 0.14)

Meru

5.19 (2.19 – 12.3)

Health centre

0.53 (0.39 – 0.72)

Mijikenda/Swahili

1.30 (0.78 – 2.16)

Dispensary

0.34 (0.24 – 0.48)

Somali

0.89 (0.45 – 1.79)

Private facility

2.15 (1.34 – 3.44)

Other tribes

0.97 (0.52 – 1.81)

Faith-based

0.82 (0.46 – 1.45)

Religion

  

Other

0.09 (0.03 – 0.29)

 

Protestant/ Christian

1.00

<0.001

Physical accessibility

 

Roman Catholic

1.01 (0.78 – 1.31)

Region

  

Muslim

0.70 (0.43 – 1.14)

Nyanza

1.00

 

No religion

0.20 (0.09 – 0.47)

Nairobi

10.7 (5.35 – 21.3)

<0.001

Other

4.56 (0.88 – 23.6)

Central

3.25 (2.10 – 5.01)

 

Household size

0.42 (0.32 – 0.53)

<0.001

Coast

1.08 (0.73 – 1.59)

 

Presence of co-wife

 

Eastern

1.10 (0.72 – 1.68)

 

No

1.00

 

Rift Valley

0.57 (0.37 – 0.87)

 

Yes

0.41 (0.30 – 0.55)

<0.001

Western

0.46 (0.31 – 0.69)

 

Relationship to household head

 

North Eastern

0.25 (0.13 – 0.49)

 

Head

1.00

 

Residence

  

Wife

1.15 (0.93 – 1.421)

0.001

Rural

1.00

 

Other

1.38 (1.08 – 1.76)

Urban

4.86 (3.39 – 7.07)

<0.001

Maternal education

 

Distance from health facility

 

None

1.00

 

<2

1.00

 

Primary

3.30 (2.10 – 5.19)

<0.001*

2 – 5 Km

0.50 (0.46 – 0.68)

<0.001*

Secondary

11.08 (6.63 – 18.5)

>5 Km

0.21 (0.13 – 0.35)

 

Higher

42.0 (18.2 – 96.8)

Economic accessibility

 
   

Wealth index

  
   

Poorest

1.00

 
   

Poor

2.05 (1.44 – 2.91)

<0.001*

   

Middle

3.55 (2.57 – 4.90)

 
   

Richer

5.30 (3.61 – 7.78)

 
   

Richest

18.3 (11.5 – 29.2)

 
   

Insurance

  
   

No

1.00

 
   

Yes

9.78 (6.47 – 14.79)

<0.001

  1. * p values for trend; 12008/09 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey Data; 2Unadjusted Odds Ratio 3Chi squared p values.