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Table 4 Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis of factors associated with cultural malpractice during childbirth and postpartum period among women who give birth within the last one year in rural Gozamen district, Northwest Ethiopia 2019 (n = 600)

From: Antenatal care follow-up decreases the likelihood of cultural malpractice during childbirth and postpartum among women who gave birth in the last one-year in Gozamen district, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Cultural malpractice

Yes No

COR (95% CI)

AOR(95% CI)

Mothers occupation

  House wife

180

347

0.25(0.06,27.51)

0.06(0.05, 22.54)

  Government employer

2

26

0.03(0.02,0.63)

0.08(0.06, 17.75)

  Merchant

3

39

0.03(0.02,0.57)

0.10(0.08, 15.98)

  Student

2

1

1

1

Marital status

  Married

174

407

0.21 (0.07,0.63)*

0.24 (0.10, 0.89)*

  Single

3

1

1.50 (0.36,54.86)

9.09 (0.11,50)

  Divorced

10

5

1

1

Mothers education

  Unable to read and write

152

183

9.13 (2.77, 33.33)

0.76 (0.10, 5.88)

  Primary school

25

124

2.21 (0.63, 8.33)

0.33 (0.04, 2.63)

  Secondary

7

73

1.05 (0.69, 11.74)

0.40 (0.05, 3.57)

  College and above

3

33

1

1

Husband occupation

  Farmer

167

246

10.18 (2.4, 43.18)*

5.1 (1.15, 13.02)*

  Government employer

1

51

0.30 (0.03, 3.57)

1.25 (0.02, 16.67)

  Merchant

5

78

0.96 (0.48, 14.31)

0.56 (0.08, 4.0)

  Student

1

1

15 (0.71, 23.33)

14.28 (0.33, 25)

  Daily laborer

2

30

1

1

Husband education

  Unable to read and write

140

188

18.87 (5.26, 36)

11.11(0.24, 29)

  Primary school

43

76

13.59 (2.22, 28)

12.5 (0.27, 34)

  Secondary

17

59

6.92 (0.69,50)

9.11 (0.24, 47)

  College and above

2

48

1

1

Parity

  Para 1

18

120

1

1

  Para 2-4

65

232

1.86(1.06,3.33)

1.31(0.69, 2.48)

  Para ≥5

104

61

11.36 (6.67,25)**

4.87 (2.44, 9.52)**

ANC Visit

  Yes

155

369

0.58 (0.35, 0.95)*

0.52 (0.28, 0.94)*

  No

32

44

1

 
  1. Key: **=p-value<0.001, *=p-value<0.05, COR Crude odds ratio; AOR Adjusted odds ratio; 1 = Reference category