Health insurance coverage and maternal healthcare services utilization in Jordan: evidence from the 2017–18 Jordan demographic and health survey

Fernandes, Petula; Odusina, Emmanuel Kolawole; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku; Kota, Komlan; Yaya, Sanni

doi:10.1186/s13690-021-00605-4

Archives of Public Health

Table 2 Adjusted Odds Ratios (AOR) for the association between health insurance coverage and maternal health service utilization among women of reproductive age in Jordan using the 2017–18 Jordan DHS (N = 4656)

From: Health insurance coverage and maternal healthcare services utilization in Jordan: evidence from the 2017–18 Jordan demographic and health survey

Variables	Timing of the first ANC visit			Completed recommended number of ANC visits			Birth attended by a skilled worker
Variables	aOR	95% CI	P-value	aOR	95% CI	P-value	aOR	95% CI	P-value
Health Insurance coverage
No	1.0			1.0			1.0
Yes	1.326	1.069–1.643	*	1.249	1.072–1.455	**	0.718	0.582–0.886	**
Education
No formal education	1.0			1.0			1.0
Primary	1.500	0.804–2.799		1.452	0.935–2.254		0.674	0.362–1.253
Secondary	1.290	0.747–2.229		1.764	1.186–2.621	**	0.681	0.383–1.209
Post-secondary	1.721	0.963–3.075		2.455	1.620–3.722	***	0.744	0.0.410–1.351
Age groups
15–19	1.0			1.0			1.0
20–24	0.885	0.482–1.624		1.135	0.796–1.620		0.940	0.611–1.448
25–29	0.820	0.451–1.490		0.962	0.679–1.365		0.989	0.645–1.515
30–34	0.763	0.419–1.391		1.120	0.786–1.594		0.972	0.632–1.494
35–39	0.613	0.334–1.122		1.002	0.699–1.437		0.968	0.623–1.504
40–44	0.475	0.249–0.905	*	0.972	0.648–1.458		1.330	0.784–2.257
45–49	0.356	0.131–0.970	*	1.146	0.535–2.454		1.552	0.504–4.784
Occupation
Not working	1.0			1.0			1.0
Working	0.976	0.703–1.354		0.978	0.783–1.222		1.228	0.906–1.665
Marital status
Married	1.0			1.0			1.0
Single	0.700	0.283–1.733		0.385	0.205–0.726	**	0.757	0.323–1.775
Area of Residence							1.0
Urban	1.0			1.0			1.0
Rural	1.149	0.887–1.488		0.993	0.843–1.171		0.778	0.638–0.947	*
Wealth Index
Poorest	1.0			1.0			1.0
Poorer	1.141	0.885–1.471		1.201	1.015–1.420	*	1.428	1.159–1.760	**
Middle	1.067	0.808–1.409		1.539	1.270–1865	***	1.671	1.312–2.130	***
Richer	1.223	0.864–1.731		1.555	1.221–1.980	***	2.284	1.608–3.242	***
Richest	1.680	1.003–2.815	*	1.641	1.127–2. 391	*	6.572	2.634–16.401	***
Number of Births in the last 5 years
One birth	1.0			1.0			1.0
Two or more	0.678	0.558–0.824	***	0.752	0.660–0.856	***	0.803	0.681–0.947	**
Region
Amman	1.0			1.0			1.0
Balga	1.991	1.274–3.112	**	0.781	0.541–1.127		2.379	0.993–5.700
Zarqua	2.472	1.669–3.663	***	0.921	0.667–1.272		0.504	0.297–0.855	*
Madaba	0.703	0.496–0.996		0.946	0.663–1.349		0.279	0.166–0.470	***
Irbid	2.980	1.931–5.598	***	0.639	0.464–0. 881	**	0.372	0.222–0.625	***
Mafraq	2.653	1.789–3. 934	***	0.469	0.346–0.635	***	0.230	0.141–0.376	***
Jerash	2.266	1.496–3.431	***	0.547	0.396–0.755	***	0.276	0.166–0.457	***
Aljoun	6.144	3.433–10.995	***	0.643	0.460–0.898	*	0.248	0.149–0.413	***
Karak	2.447	1.464–4.090	**	0.445	0.312–0.636	***	0.429	0.243–0.757	**
Tafilh	2.312	1.490–3.588	***	0.576	0.413–0.805	**	0.997	0.547–1.817
Ma’an	1.932	1.226–3.045	**	0.340	0.242–0.479	***	0.361	0.209–0.623	***
Aquaba	3.879	2.271–6.627	***	0.317	0.228–0.440	***	0.365	0.211–0.631	***

Here *, ** and *** indicate p < 0.05, p < 0.01 and p < 0.001 respectively

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