Research Article

Missed Opportunity of Antenatal Care Services Utilization and Associated Factors among Reproductive Age Women in Eastern Hararghe Zone, Eastern Ethiopia: Mixed Methods Study

Table 4

Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses of factors associated with utilization of ANC care service utilization in Eastern Ethiopia, 2019.

FactorsCategoriesMissed ANC utilizationCOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)
Yes (%)No (%)

Maternal age15–24 years147 (41.2)49 (75.4)2.76 (1.183-6.451)6.90 (2.89-8.81)
25–34 years152 (42.6)9 (13.8)0.491 (0.175-1.378)4.72 (0.414-53.826)
35-49 years58 (16.2)7 (10.8)11

Educational status of motherUnable to read and write193 (54.1)32 (49.2)11
Elementary105 (29.4)18 (27.7)0.300 (0.080-1.130)0.05 (0.002-0.984)
Secondary52 (14.6)11 (16.9)0.370 (0.092-1.486)0.03 (0.001-0.882)
Collage and above7 (2.0)4 (6.2)0.290 (0.080-1.048)0.02 (0.001-0.421)

Occupational statusEmployee (gov’t/NGO)62 (17.4)7 (10.8)0.383 (0.149-0.981)0.20 (0.036-1.153)
Self-employee/farmers180 (50.4)31 (47.7)0.584 (0.305-1.117)0.43 (0.113-1.666)
Merchant54 (15.1)9 (13.8)0.565 (0.234-1.362)0.90 (0.176-4.643)
Student61 (17.1)18 (27.7)11

Family size1-478 (21.9)23 (35.4)2.044 (1.001-4.174)0.14 (0.015-1.31)
5-8175 (49.0)27 (41.5)1.070 (0.544-2.104)0.72 (0.165-3.173)
≥9104 (29.1)15 (23.1)11

Age at first marriage15-25169 (47.4)28 (43.1)0.580 (0.240-1.400)2.48 (0.203-30.392)
25-34160 (44.8)29 (44.6)0.634 (0.263-1.529)2.61 (0.217-31.341)
35-4928 (7.8)8 (12.3)11

Parity197 (27.2)13 (20.0)11
2-4147 (41.2)19 (29.2)0.443 (0.239-0.819)0.74 (0.164-3.407)
≥5113 (31.6)33 (50.8)0.459 (0.229-0.921)0.08 (0.009-0.751)

Number of still birth0340 (95.2)53 (81.5)0.221 (0.100-0.488)0.18 (0.029-1. 204)
1-217 (4.8)12(18.5)11

Intention to pregnancyUnplanned244 (68.3)46 (70.8)1.121 (0.628-2.001)3.22 (1. 846-12.286)
Planned113 (31.7)19 (29.2)11

Frequency of ANC visitsOnce27 (9.1)7 (11.9)11
2 times93 (31.2)7 (11.9)0.163 (0.047-0.561)0.58 (0.065-5.307)
3 times165 (55.4)39 (66.1)0.359 (0.126-1.020)0.10 (0.015-0.711)
4 or more13 (4.3)6 (10.1)0.562 (0.157-2.011)1.97 (0.152-25.618)

Timing of ANCFirst trimester182 (57.1)20 (52.6)0.152 (0.065-0.356)0.02 (0.001-0.346)
Second trimester119 (37.3)5 (13.2)0.058 (0.019-0.183)0.01 (0.001-0.260)
Third trimester18 (5.6)13 (34.2)11

Source of information about ANCHealth institution207 (67.0)26 (54.2)0.276 (0.089-0.858)0.09 (0.013-0.671)
Radio/TV24 (7.8)7 (14.6)0.642 (0.166-2.479)0.46 (0.028-7.530)
TBA14 (4.5)6 (12.5)0.943 (0.227-3.922)0.02 (0.001-0.743)
Relatives35 (11.3)3 (6.2)0.189 (0.039-0.919)0.23 (0.019-2.855)
CHA18 (5.8)1 (2.1)0.122 (0.013-1.188)0.20 (0.003-15.663)
Friends11 (3.6)5 (10.4)11

value < 0.01; .