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Table 4 Factors associated with adequate content of postnatal care in Rwanda as per the 2020 Rwanda Demographic Health Survey

From: Prevalence of adequate postnatal care and associated factors in Rwanda: evidence from the Rwanda demographic health survey 2020

Characteristics

Crude odds ratio (COR)

COR (95% CI)

P-value

Adjusted odds ratio (AOR)

AOR (95% CI)

Age

 35 to 49

1

 

1

 25 to 34

0.93 (0.81–1.08)

0.347

1.00 (0.84–1.19)

 15 to 24

0.81 (0.67–0.98)

0.034

0.97 (0.75–1.25)

Exposure to newspapers/magazines

 Yes

1

 

1

 No

0.70 (0.60–0.82)

< 0.001

0.74 (0.61–0.89)

Exposure to radio

 Yes

1

 

1

 No

1.20 (1.02–1.40)

0.029

1.41 (1.18–1.68)

Exposure to TV

 Yes

1

 

1

 No

0.84 (0.73–0.96) (0.98–1.35)

0.013

0.86 (0.73–1.02)

ANC quality

 Adequate

1

 

1

 Inadequate

0.55 (0.46–0.66)

< 0.001

0.56 (0.46–0.68)

Parity

 5 and above

1

 

1

 2–4

0.90 (0.75–1.07)

0.217

0.83 (0.67–1.02)

Less than 2

0.80 (0.65–0.99)

0.036

0.67 (0.51–0.86)

Working

 No

1

 

1

 Yes

0.73 (0.62–0.85)

< 0.001

0.73 (0.62–0.85)

Visited by a fieldworker

   

 No

1

 

1

 Yes

1.50 (1.30–1.74)

< 0.001

1.35 (1.16–1.57)

Permission to access healthcare

 Big problem

1

 

1

 Not big problem

0.61 (0.41–0.93)

0.020

0.54 (0.36–0.82)

Distance to a health facility

 Big problem

1

 

1

 Not big problem

1.47 (1.23–1.77)

< 0.001

1.50 (1.24–1.81)

Region

 North

1

 

1

 East

1.13 (0.91–1.39)

0.269

1.17 (0.94–1.45)

 West

1.35 (1.09–1.67)

0.006

1.24 (0.99–1.54)

 South

1.89 (1.55–2.30)

< 0.001

1.75 (1.42–2.15)

 Kigali

1.07 (0.82–1.40)

0.626

0.88 (0.66–1.18)

ANC frequency

 4 and above

1

 

1

 Less than 4

0.74 (0.64–0.84)

< 0.001

0.79 (0.69–0.91)

ANC facility

 Private

1

 

1

 Public

0.60 (0.41–0.88)

0.008

0.57 (0.38–0.85)

  1. Bold: significant at < 0.05, RDHS Rwanda Demographic Health Survey