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Table 3 Multinomial regression model predicting the Relative Risk Ratios of a woman utilizing Maternal Health Services (2011)

From: Determinants of maternal health services utilization in Uganda

Variable/Category

Desirable MHS

Moderate MHS

RRR

95 % CI

RRR

95 % CI

Education Level

    

 None (rc)

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Primary

2.28

[0.8-6.7]

0.74

[0.4-1.6]

 Secondary +

*4.54

[1.5-14.0]

0.95

[0.4-2.3]

Region

    

 Kampala (rc)

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Central

*0.33

[0.1-0.8]

*0.32

[0.1-0.8]

 Eastern

*0.21

[0.1-0.5]

0.77

[0.3-1.7]

 Northern

*0.45

[0.2-1.0]

*0.30

[0.1-0.7]

 Western

*0.31

[0.1-0.8]

*0.25

[0.1-0.6]

Type of Residence

    

 Urban (rc)

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Rural

1.13

[0.6-2.3]

*0.39

[0.2-0.7]

Religion

    

 Catholic (rc)

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Protestant

1.17

[0.7-2.0]

0.80

[0.5-1.3]

 Muslim

1.14

[0.6-2.3]

*0.24

[0.1-0.6]

 All others

2.14

[0.7-6.4]

2.83

[1.0-8.3]

Marital Status

    

 Never married (rc)

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Currently married

1.04

[0.4-2.8]

*0.40

[0.2-0.8]

 Previously married

0.44

[0.1-2.0]

0.73

[0.3-1.9]

Wealth Index

    

 Poor (rc)

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Middle

0.98

[0.4-2.2]

1.35

[0.7-2.6]

 Rich

*1.93

[1.0-3.7]

0.96

[0.5-1.7]

Age (continuous)

1.02

[1.0-1.1]

0.94

[0.9-1.0]

Children ever born (continuous)

0.98

[0.8-1.2]

1.11

[0.9-1.4]

Distance to health facility

    

 A big issue (rc)

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Not a big issue

1.93

[0.9-4.2]

*2.67

[1.2-5.9]

Visited health facility in past year

    

 Did not visit (rc)

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Visited facility

1.45

[0.5-4.4]

0.52

[0.2-1.1]

Model Constant

*0.01

[0.0-0.1]

0.84

[0.1-5.8]

  1. Note: rc = reference category; n = 1728; Wald chi-square = 170.2; pseudo R2 = 11.5 %; Base model = undesirable category
  2. *Means that variable is significant at p < 0.05