Table 2 Factors associated with 4⁺ ANC utilisation in Bangladesh; BDHS (2011 and 2014)

 ≤19

263 (19.9)

1.00

281 (19.6)

1.00

 20–29

837 (63.3)

1.22 (1.00–1.48)

901 (62.8)

1.19 (0.97–1.45)

 30–39

215 (16.3)

1.79 (1.31–2.44)

245 (17.1)

1.39 (1.03–1.86)

 ≥40

8 (0.6)

1.12 (0.47–2.67)

8 (0.6)

0.76 (0.32–1.83)

 No education

80 (6.0)

1.00

87 (6.1)

1.00

 Primary

243 (18.4)

1.47 (1.11–1.95)

260 (18.1)

1.34 (1.01–1.77)

 Secondary

723 (54.6)

2.74 (2.09–3.60)

763 (53.2)

2.00 (1.52–2.62)

 Higher

277 (20.9)

6.83 (4.83–9.66)

325 (22.6)

3.62 (2.60–5.06)

 1

625 (47.2)

1.00

686 (47.8)

1.00

 2

420 (31.7)

0.78 (0.65–0.94)

466 (32.5)

0.88 (0.74–1.06)

 3

191 (14.4)

0.72 (0.56–0.91)

179 (12.5)

0.73 (0.57–0.93)

 4

61 (4.6)

0.49 (0.34–0.69)

60 (4.2)

0.59 (0.42–0.85)

 5

15 (1.1)

0.26 (0.14–0.47)

32 (2.2)

0.80 (0.50–1.29)

 ≥6

11 (0.8)

0.22 (0.11–0.43)

12 (0.8)

0.38 (0.19–0.74)

 Sylhet

157 (11.9)

1.00

138 (9.6)

1.00

 Barisal

217 (16.4)

1.49 (1.11–2.01)

243 (16.9)

1.15 (0.86–1.54)

 Chittagong

207 (15.6)

1.02 (0.78–1.33)

286 (19.9)

1.07 (0.83–1.39)

 Dhaka

208 (15.7)

1.21 (0.92–1.59)

217 (15.1)

1.37 (1.06–1.77)

 Khulna

396 (29.9)

1.69 (1.28–2.24)

404 (28.2)

2.00 (1.52–2.63)

 Rajshahi

138 (10.4)

1.93 (1.51–2.48)

147 (10.2)

1.95 (1.53–2.49)

 Rural

657 (49.7)

1.00

772 (53.8)

1.00

 Urban

666 (50.3)

2.14 (1.84–2.5)

663 (46.2)

1.46 (1.24–1.7)

 Poorest

76 (5.7)

1.00

151 (10.5)

1.00

 2nd quintile

100 (7.6)

1.06 (0.75–1.49)

181 (12.6)

1.21 (0.95–1.56)

 3rd quintile

134 (10.1)

0.90 (0.65–1.24)

222 (15.5)

1.33 (1.04–1.70)

 4th quintile

270 (20.4)

1.37 (1.01–1.84)

367 (25.6)

2.14 (1.68–2.72)

 Richest

743 (56.2)

1.82 (1.36–2.43)

514 (35.8)

3.57 (2.73–4.68)