Utilisation of postnatal care among rural women in Nepal

Table 1 Association between demographic, socio economic factors & postnatal check up

Factors	Total (n = 150)	%	Postnatal check		OR	95% CI	P-value
			Yes (n = 51)	No (n = 99)
Age group
< 20	16	11	3	13	1.00		0.210*
20 – 24	76	51	35	36	4.21	0.99–20.52
25 +	58	39	13	45	1.25	0.27–6.52
Ethnicity
Brahmin-Chhetri	25	17	15	10	1.00		0.001
Tamang	89	59	16	71	0.15	0.05–0.44
Other	36	25	20	13	1.03	0.31–3.38
Education of women
Illiterate	73	49	16	54	1.00		0.001*
Primary	37	25	10	27	1.25	0.45–3.42
Secondary	40	27	25	13	6.49	2.50–17.2
Occupation of women
Farmer	107	72	23	80	1.00		0.001
House wife	38	25	25	12	7.25	2.94–18.18
Other	5	3	3	2	5.22	0.65–48.14
Education of husband
Illiterate	21	14	3	17	1.00		0.001*
Primary	55	37	10	43	1.32	0.28–6.92
Secondary	73	49	38	34	6.33	1.55–29.95
Occupation of husband
Farmer	73	49	17	53	1.00		0.005
Formal sector & abroad	17	11	4	12	1.04	0.24–4.15
Other job	60	40	30	29	3.23	1.43–7.32
Number family members
3–4	34	23	12	21	1.00		0.090*
5–8	88	59	29	57	0.89	0.36–2.24
9+	28	19	10	16	1.09	0.33–3.61
Number of children
1 or 2	113	75	47	61	1.00		0.001
3 or more	37	25	4	33	0.16	(0.04–0.51)
Number of pregnancies
1	68	45	33	33	1.00		0.001*
2	36	24	9	24	0.38	0.14–1.01
3 or more	46	31	9	37	0.24	0.09–0.63
Age at first pregnancy
≤18	53	35	13	37	1.00		0.140
19+	97	65	38	57	1.89	0.89–4.03

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