Timely Initiation of Antenatal Care and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending at Wachemo University Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hossana, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Factors associated with timely initiation of ANC at Wachemo University Nigist Eleni Mohammed memorial comprehensive specialized hospital, Hossana, Ethiopia, 2022.

Variables	Initiation of ANC		OR at 95% CI
	Late	Timely	COR	value	AOR	value
Age group
15-25 years (ref.)	46	26	1		1
25-34 years	63	182	0.2 (0.1, 0.3)	0.00	0.3 (0.1, 0.7)	0.01
≥35years	9	18	3.5 (1.4, 2.7)	0.01	0.6 (0.2, 2.5)	0.49
Women’s education
Primary and below (ref.)	49	140	1
Secondary	47	64	2.1 (1.2, 3.4)	0.00	1.7 (0.8, 3.4)	0.17
Tertiary education	22	22	2.8 (1.4, 5.6)	0.00	3.2 (1.1, 9.9)	0.03
Women’s occupation
House wife (ref.)	70	137	1		1
Merchant	13	34	0.7(0.4, 1.5)	0.21	0.5(0.2, 1.4)	0.5
Daily worker	21	35	1.2 (0.6, 2.2)	0.60	0.4 (0.1, 1.7)	0.6
Government	14	20	1.3 (0.6, 2.9)	0.41	0.9 (0.3, 3.1)	0.9
Husband’s occupation
Merchant (ref.)	79	137	1		1
Gov’t employee	27	47	0.9 (0.6, 1.7)	1.0	0.6 (0.2, 1.7)	0.35
Daily worker	5	14	0.6 (.2, 1.7)	0.38	0.4 (0.1, 1.8)	0.23
NGO/private	7	28	0.4 (0.8, 1.1)	0.06	0.1 (0.1, 1.1)	0.06
Husband’s education
Primary and below (ref.)	20	55	1		1
Secondary	39	70	1.5 (0.8, 2.9)	0.20	1.1 (4(0.5, 2.7)	0.76
Higher education	59	101	1.6 (0.9, 2.9.7)	0.12	1.3 (0.5, 3.5)	0.63
Number of parity
Zero	65	52	4.1 (2.5, 6.6)	0.00	7.4 (3.6, 15.3)	0.00
One or more parity (ref.)	53	174	1		1
Planned pregnancy
No (ref.)	12	81	4.9 (2.6, 9.5)	0.00	13.7 (5.5, 34.2)	0.00
Yes	106	145	1		1
Knowledge of ANC service
Poor (ref.)	74	134	1		1
Moderate	52	62	0.3 (0.1, 0.7)	0.00	1.8 (0.7, 3.5)	0.2
Good	19	30	4.7 (2.7, 8.3)	0.00	3.1 (2.3, 11.3)	0.00
Knowledge regarding pregnancy danger signs
Poor (ref.)	63	155	1		1
Moderate	50	26	1.8 (0.9, 3.5)	0.08	0.2 (0.1, 1.8)	0.22
Good	5	45	2.3 (1.4, 3.9)	0.00	4.8 (2.2, 10.2)	0.00
Decision made to maternal healthcare services
Myself	89	133	2.3 (1.2, 4.3)	0.01	2.3 (0.8, 5.2)	0.06
Husband (ref.)	16	55	1		1
Both	13	38	1.2 (0.5, 2.7)	0.7	0.5 (0.5, 3.51)	0.33