Table 3 Associations between socio-demographic characteristics and travel time to nearest health post
From: Barriers in physical access to maternal health services in rural Ethiopia
Variable | Categories | N | Mean travel time (SD) | Unadjusted | Adjusteda | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean difference (95 % CI), minutes | P-value | Mean difference (95 % CI), minutes | P-value | ||||
Household wealth | Least poor | 363 | 51mins (32mins) | 0 | 0.882 | 0 | 0.335 |
Middle | 459 | 52mins (33mins) | 0 (−4, 5) | −2 (−6, 2) | |||
Poorest | 471 | 51mins (30mins) | −1 (−5, 4) | −3 (−8, 1) | |||
Woman’s education | No education | 890 | 54mins (34mins) | 0 | <0.0001 | 0 | <0.0001 |
Any education | 530 | 47mins (26mins) | −9 (−12, −5) | −14 (−19, −9) | |||
Woman’s age | 15–20 years | 495 | 51mins (32mins) | 0 | 0.0002 | 0 | <0.0001 |
21–30 years | 452 | 56mins (34mins) | 5 (1, 9) | −8 (−13, −2) | |||
31–49 years | 473 | 50mins (27mins) | −4 (−8, 0) | −17 (−24, −10) | |||
Woman’s Parity | 0 | 446 | 47mins (29mins) | 0 | <0.0001 | 0 | 0.042 |
1–3 | 391 | 56mins (34mins) | 9 (5, 13) | 8 (2, 14) | |||
4–5 | 281 | 53mins (32mins) | 6 (2, 11) | 8 (1, 16) | |||
6–13 | 292 | 47mins (28mins) | 0 (−4, 5) | 5 (−3, 13) | |||