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Table 2 Factors associated with utilisation of facility-based delivery care (N = 2846)

From: Supply-side factors influencing demand for facility-based delivery in Tanzania: a multilevel analysis

 

Mixed-effects model

Determinants

Odds Ratio

(OR)

[95% CI]

Demand-side factors

 Maternal age (in years)

1.01

[0.99 to 1.03]

 Education level

  No education (ref.)

1.00

 

  Some primary

1.46*

[0.95 to 2.25]

  Primary/ some secondary

1.74***

[1.32 to 2.29]

  Secondary or above

4.13***

[1.65 to 10.3]

 Occupation status

  Formal sector worker (ref.)

1.00

 

  Farmer

0.31

[0.04 to 2.48]

  Self-employed business

0.61

[0.07 to 4.98]

  Other

0.38

[0.05 to 3.06]

 Religion type

  Non-Muslim (ref.)

1.00

 

  Muslim

1.36**

[1.01 to 1.84]

 Parity/ number of births

  At least 2 births (ref.)

1.00

 

  Woman with parity 1 (1st delivery)

1.72***

[1.23 to 2.41]

 Household wealth status

  

  Poorest tercile (ref.)

1.00

 

  Middle tercile

0.97

[0.74 to 1.27]

  Least poor tercile

1.93***

[1.32 to 2.81]

 Health insurance

  No health insurance (ref.)

1.00

 

  With health insurance

0.73

[0.46 to 1.14]

 Antenatal care visits

  < 4 visits

1.00

 

  ≥4 visits

1.33**

[1.05 to 1.70]

Supply-side factors

 Availability of utilities

  Available water & electricity

1.16

[0.80 to 1.68]

  No water & electricity (ref.)

1.00

 

 Facility conducted outreach services in last 90 days

  Yes

1.55**

[1.05 to 2.28]

  No (ref)

1.00

 

 Facility location

  Rural district

1.24

[0.76 to 2.02]

  Urban district (ref.)

1.00

 

 Facility level of care

  Dispensary

0.92

[0.56 to 1.50]

  Health centre/ hospital (ref.)

  

 Facility ownership

  Public owned

0.90

[0.53 to 1.53]

  Non-public (ref.)

  

Number of maternity beds

1.01

[0.96 to 1.06]

Number of medical staff (clinicians, nurses, paramedics)

1.00

[0.99 to 1.01]

Facility average waiting time (minutes)

0.99*

[0.99 to 1.00]

Facility average consultation time (minutes)

1.04**

[1.01 to 1.07]

Patients’ travel time from home to facility (minutes)

0.99**

[0.98 to 0.99]

Availability of delivery drugs (oxytocic)(index)

1.16

[0.61 to 2.20]

Facility average score in interpersonal quality

5.11**

[1.12 to 23.4]

Facility status of charging fee for delivery care

0.24***

[0.09 to 0.63]

Constant

1.20

[0.08 to 17.9]

Random effects parameters

 Facility random variance (SE)

0.41 (0.11)

 

 Likelihood ratio test (mixed-effects vs. logit model),\({\chi }^{2}\)

36.2***

 
  1. Ref reference categories as indicated in parentheses; * p < 0.10, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01