Factors associated with the use of deworming drugs during pregnancy in Tanzania; an analysis from the 2015–16 Tanzanian HIV and malaria indicators survey

Table 2 Factors associated with the use of deworming drugs among women during their most recent pregnancy^a, Tanzania DHS-MIS^b, 2015–16

Variable	OR^c	95%CI		P-value	AOR^d	95%CI		P-value
Variable	OR^c	Lower	Upper	P-value	AOR^d	Lower	Upper	P-value
Place of residence
Rural	1				1
Urban	2.00	1.69	2.38	< 0.001	1.73	1.26	2.38	0.01
Area of residence
Mainland rural	1				1
Mainland urban	2.08	1.75	2.50	< 0.001	2.56	1.78	3.75	< 0.001
Unguja (Zanzibar Island)	0.61	0.57	0.66	< 0.001	0.50	0.45	0.55	< 0.001
Pemba (Pemba Island)	1.24	1.13	1.35	< 0.001	1.18	1.17	1.20	< 0.001
The age group of a woman (At the time of TDHS-MIS)
Less than 20 years	1				1
20 to 34 years	1.53	1.24	1.89	< 0.001	1.30	1.02	1.65	0.033
More than 34 years	1.26	1.005	1.58	0.046	1.17	0.87	1.57	0.286
Educational level
No education	1				1
Primary education	1.22	1.06	1.42	0.007	1.06	0.91	1.23	0.47
Secondary	1.73	1.42	2.11	< 0.001	1.24	0.98	1.57	0.07
Higher	5.99	2.39	15.00	< 0.001	3.25	1.94	7.92	0.01
Wealth index^e
Poor	1				1
Middle	1.20	1.01	1.44	0.04	1.15	0.96	1.38	0.14
Rich	1.99	1.69	2.34	< 0.001	1.43	1.13	1.80	< 0.003
Parity
Para one	1				1
Para 2–4	1.13	0.97	1.31	0.13	1.14	0.96	1.35	0.13
Para 5+	0.84	0.71	0.98	0.03	1.08	0.85	1.36	0.54
ANC Booking^f
Late booking	1				1
Early booking	1.62	1.38	1.89	< 0.001	1.37	1.17	1.61	< 0.001
Number of antenatal visits
Less than 4 visits	1				1
Four or more visits	1.41	1.24	1.60	< 0.001	1.13	0.99	1.28	0.080

^aAges 15–49 at the time of the survey who had a pregnancy in the previous 5 years
^bTDHS-MIS-Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey
^cOdd Ratio
^dAdjusted Odd Ratio
^eWealth quintiles were determined for the DHS based on using principal components analysis on a list of possessions and housing characteristics
^fEarly booking means first antenatal visit during the first trimester, while late booking means first antenatal visit after the first trimester of pregnancy

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