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Table 3 Factors associated with knowledge of obstetric danger signs in Yirgacheffe town, Gedeo zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2016

From: Knowledge of obstetric danger signs and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at health facilities of Yirgacheffe town, Gedeo zone, Southern Ethiopia

Variables

Knowledge of obstetric danger signs

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

P-value

Not knowledgeable

Knowledgeable

Maternal age

 15–24

102

17

1.02 (0.41, 2.53)

1.33 (0.42, 4.17)

0.230

 25–34

116

50

2.64 (1.17, 5.98)

3.68 (1.30, 10.46)

0.001

  > =35

49

8

1

  

Maternal education

 Unable to read and write

89

20

0.48 (0.24,0. 97)

0.33 (0.10, 1.07)

0.433

 Read and write(no formal education)

74

10

0.29 (0.13, 0.66)

0.26 (0. 08, 0.88)

0.010

 Primary education

57

23

0.86 (0.43, 1.74)

0.79 (0.30, 2.09)

0.445

 Secondary and above

47

22

1

1

 

Paternal education

 Unable to read and write

30

7

0.46 (0.19, 1.12)

0.13 (0.04, 0.40)

0.006

 Read and write(no formal education)

41

8

0.38 (0.16–0.89)

0.08 (0.02, 0.24)

0.045

 Primary education

112

17

0.30 (0.16–0.56)

0.10 (0.04, 0.25)

0.005

 Secondary and above

84

43

1

1

 

Paternal occupation

 Governmental employed

71

16

1

1

 

 Farmer

75

21

1.24 (0.60, 2.57)

0.05 (0.01, 0.26)

0.016

 Merchant

113

32

1.26 (1.64, 2.46)

4.65 (1.82, 11.87)

0.001

 Daily laborer

8

6

3.33 (0.02, 10.9)

0.28 (0.06, 1.32)

0.245

Place of residence

 Urban

170

33

2.23 (1.33, 3.75)

2.61 (1.35, 5.04)

0.000

 Rural

97

42

1

1

 

Distance to Health facility on foot

  < 30 min

12

21

1

1

 

  ≥ 30

255

54

0.12 (0.06, 0.26)

0. 06 (0.02, 0.17)

0.000

  1. Hosmer and Lemeshow for model fitness is 0.876