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Table 4 Result of logistic regression showing antenatal care utilization by selected background characteristics and husbands knowledge of pregnancy complications

From: What he knows about her and how it affects her? Husband’s knowledge of pregnancy complications and maternal health care utilization among tribal population in Maharashtra, India

Background characteristics

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

AOR

95 %CI

AOR

95 %CI

AOR

95 %CI

Current age

 19–24®

         

 25–29

0.36

0.060

2.187

   

0.466

0.071

3.054

 >  29

0.53

0.091

3.148

   

0.434

0.069

2.736

Education

 illiterate®

         

 Primary

5.62**

1.082

29.169

   

8.757**

1.286

59.613

 Secondary

5.758***

2.590

12.800

   

5.758***

2.590

215.439

 Graduation and above

9.547***

2.980

33.689

   

9.473***

2.746

32.042

Current Occupation

 Agriculture®

         

 Agriculture labours

1.18

0.320

4.379

   

0.868

0.205

3.676

 Govt./Private employees

0.730

0.073

7.264

   

0.558

0.047

6.625

 Others

0.549

0.055

5.438

   

0.392

0.031

4.904

Type of family

 Nuclear family®

         

 Joint family

0.754

0.242

2.347

   

0.585

0.161

2.122

Type of tribes

 Gond®

         

 Madiya

2.64*

0.847

8.249

   

3.687**

0.989

13.751

Type of marriage

 Arrange marriage®

         

 Love marriage

1.12

0.220

5.762

   

0.579

0.093

3.615

Wealth Index

 Rich®

         

 Middle

0.720

0.122

4.263

   

0.403

0.042

3.913

 Poor

0.22*

0.040

1.203

   

0.137*

0.014

1.304

knowledge about complications during pregnancy

 No knowledge®

         

 Partial knowledge

   

7.09*

0.765

65.656

10.324

0.440

242.140

 Complete knowledge

   

9.12

1.946

72.392

10.786

0.56

78.50

knowledge about complications during delivery

 No knowledge®

         

 Partial knowledge

   

0.215

0.018

2.626

0.046

0.001

1.658

 Complete knowledge

   

0.031**

0.002

0.411

0.006**

0.000

0.261

knowledge about complications after delivery

 No knowledge®

         

 Partial knowledge

   

3.88*

0.812

18.503

5.028

0.704

35.935

 Complete knowledge

   

5.16

0.465

57.233

3.507

0.196

62.870

  1. Note: ® is the reference category, level of significance * p-value of < 0.05, **p-value of < 0.01, ***p-value of < 0.001