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Table 2 Adjusted odds ratios and confidence intervals for use of maternal health services by Gujarati women and Tamil womena

From: Predictors of maternal health services utilization by poor, rural women: a comparative study in Indian States of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu

Predictors

Adequate antenatal care

Institutional delivery

Cesarean section

Gujarat

Tamil Nadu

Gujarat

Tamil Nadu

Gujarat (n=1584)

Tamil Nadu

(n=1534)

(n=598)

(n=1584)

(n=601)

 

(n=601)

AOR

95 % CI

AOR

95 % CI

AOR

95 % CI

AOR

95 % CI

AOR

95 % CI

AOR

95 % CI

Financial assistance from JSY or CY

0.83

0.42-1.63

0.92

0.61-1.39

3.93***

2.68-5.77

1.60

0.87-2.93

1.11

0.48-2.54

1.66*

1.01-2.70

Availability of PHC providing 24/7 services

0.70

0.44-1.11

0.90

0.59-1.38

1.04

0.83-1.31

1.04

0.62-1.75

1.16

0.93-2.34

1.59

0.90-2.81

Access to a health facility by an all-weather road

1.02

0.49-2.11

NAb

NA

1.42*

1.06-1.90

3.42*

1.24-9.47

0.71

0.38-1.34

0.44

0.14-1.31

Woman’s education

Uneducated

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

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Less than 5 years

1.25

0.63-2.50

0.93

0.47-1.84

0.85

0.58-1.25

1.18

0.43-1.67

0.80

0.30-2.11

2.44*

1.05-5.66

5-9 years

1.32

0.74-2.34

1.12

0.70-1.78

1.01

0.74-1.38

2.34***

1.32-4.15

0.99

0.48-2.02

1.57

0.78-3.18

10 or more years

2.78*

1.08-7.14

1.09

0.56-2.10

0.85

0.43-1.69

2.97*

1.08-8.21

0.86

0.17-4.45

1.99

0.83-4.79

Husband’s education

Uneducated

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

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Less than 5 years

1.87

0.99-3.54

1.36

0.71-2.62

0.72

0.50-1.06

1.15

0.49-2.72

0.67

0.22-2.01

0.83

0.31-2.22

5-9 years

0.94

0.53-1.68

1.01

0.62-1.64

0.99

0.76-1.30

1.17

0.64-2.13

1.20

0.62-2.32

0.93

0.49-1.79

10 or more years

1.72

0.91-3.26

0.97

0.51-1.86

1.44*

1.03-2.02

1.07

0.45-2.55

1.69

0.77-3.71

1.85

0.84-4.10

Age at first birth

1.07

0.99-1.16

1.04

0.98-1.09

1.05*

1.01-1.09

1.08†

1.00-1.17

0.94

0.83-1.06

1.08*

1.01-1.16

Parity

Primipara

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

Multipara

1.18

0.69-2.01

0.79

0.53-1.18

0.54***

0.41-0.72

0.65

0.51-1.10

0.44***

0.24-0.81

0.58*

0.36-0.96

Grand multipara

0.70

0.37-1.33

0.77

0.39-1.54

0.54***

0.40-0.72

0.43*

0.19-0.97

0.23***

0.10-0.51

0.18*

0.04-0.80

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < .01, ***p < 0.001
  2. aAll analyses controlled for religion and caste
  3. bNA. Variable removed from the model due to multicollinearity