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Table 2 Bivariate analysis of household covariates and home delivery

From: “Not too far to walk”: the influence of distance on place of delivery in a western Kenya health demographic surveillance system

  

Bivariate analysis

Variable

 

N

Unadjusted OR

P

Value 95% CI

Age of head

 

3103

0.99

0.876

0.99 - 1.00

Head of male

 

3141

0.94

0.663

0.71 - 1.24

Education of head

 

3142

   
 

Primary or below

 

1

REF

 
 

Secondary or above

 

0.41

0.0001

0.35 - 0.49

Employment of head [ii]

 

3142

   
 

Formally employed

 

0.43

0.0001

0.32 - 0.57

 

Self employed

 

1.06

0.66

0.82 - 1.37

 

Unemployed

 

1

REF

 

Employment type of head [iii]

 

3169

   
 

Owns business

 

0.67

0.006

0.50 - 0.89

 

Salaried

 

0.37

0.0001

0.30 - 0.46

 

Skilled laborer

 

0.99

0.95

0.75 - 1.31

 

Casual laborer

 

1.16

0.254

0.90 - 1.48

 

Farmer

 

1

REF

 

Household size

 

3115

1.06

0.0001

1.03 - 1.10

People per room

 

3068

1.26

0.0001

1.18 - 1.34

Acres of land owned

 

3142

0.99

0.39

0.98 - 1.01

Nearest facility [iv]

 

2855

   
 

Hospital

 

0.55

0.0001

0.46 - 0.66

 

Health Center

 

1.01

0.953

0.75 - 1.35

 

Dispensary

 

1

REF

 

Distance in kilometres

 

2855

   
 

To any facility (kms)

 

1.09

0.0311

1.01 - 1.18

 

To District Hospital (kms)

 

1.1

0.0001

1.08 - 1.13

 

To Road (kms)

 

1.46

0.011

1.09 - 1.95

Distance categories

 

2855

   
 

<2km from any facility

 

1

REF

 
 

>2 km from any facility

 

1.21

0.035

1.01 - 1.46

 

<4km from District Hospital

 

1

REF

 
 

>4km from District hospital

 

2.32

0.0001

1.90 - 2.83