Table 5 |
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| Association of respondents’ characteristics with utilization of maternal health services, September 2009 | ||||
| Characteristics of respondents | Access to maternal health services | Adjusted Odds Ratio | ||
| Poor access to MHS | Good access to MHS | Odds ratio | 95% CI-interval | |
| District | ||||
| Degua Tembien | 165(68.8) | 75(31.2) | 1.00 | |
| Saesi Tsadamba | 157(64.3) | 87(35.7) | 1.19 | 0.81-1.74 |
| Alaje | 161(66.8) | 80(33.2) | 0.87 | 0.58-1.30 |
| Age of respondent | ||||
| 24 years and less | 77(72.6) | 29(27.4) | 1.00 | |
| 25 and above | 406(65.6) | 213(34.4) | 1.50 | 0.92-2.45 |
| Literacy | ||||
| Illiterate : unable to read and write | 397(68.9) | 179(31.1) | 1.00 | |
| Literate : able to read and write | 86(57.7) | 63(42.3) | 1.85* | 1.22-2.80 |
| Listening to a radio | ||||
| No, not at all | 312(71.1) | 127(28.9) | 1.00 | |
| Yes | 171(59.8) | 115(40.2) | 1.45* | 1.05-2.02 |
| Participation in income generating activities (IGAs) | ||||
| Poor participation : 2 and less IGAs | 324(71.1) | 132(28.9) | 1.00 | |
| Good Participation : 3 and more IGAs | 159(59.1) | 110(40.9) | 1.43* | 1.03-2.00 |
| Year of enrolment into HEP | ||||
| Do not know | 117(73.6) | 42(26.4) | 1.00 | |
| 2004-2006 | 156(65.5) | 82(34.5) | 1.07 | 0.68-1.70 |
| 2007-2009 | 210(64.0) | 118(36.0) | 1.37 | 0.88-2.1 |
| Household status towards being a model family | ||||
| Did not hear about model family | 189(71.6) | 75(28.4) | 1.00 | |
| Have heard about model family but not working towards graduation | 202 (72.7) | 76(27.3) | 0.98 | 0.66-1.45 |
| Yes, working towards graduation or graduated as model family | 92(50.3) | 91(49.7) | 2.13* | 1.40-3.23 |
*P<0.05.
Medhanyie et al. BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:352 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-12-352
