Research Article
Does Antenatal Care Translate into Skilled Birth Attendance? Analysis of 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey
Table 2
ANC attendance and skilled birth attendance in Ghana.
| | Independent Variables | Model I | 95% CI | Model II | 95% CI |
| | ANC | | | | | | Less than four | 1 | | 1 | | | At least four | 5.87 | [4.86-7.08] | 3.64 | [2.95-4.50] | | Age | | | | | | 15-19 | | | 1 | | | 20-24 | | | 0.83 | [0.55-1.25] | | 25-29 | | | 0.70 | [0.46-1.06] | | 30-34 | | | 0.67 | [0.44-1.03] | | 35-39 | | | 0.98 | [0.63-1.56] | | 40-44 | | | 1.02 | [0.62-1.69] | | 45-49 | | | 0.83 | [0.46-1.47] | | Highest level of Education | | | | | | No formal education | | | 1 | | | Primary | | | | [1.24-1.89] | | Secondary | | | | [1.92-2.94] | | Higher/Tertiary | | | | [2.19-37.93] | | Religious Affiliation | | | | | | Christianity | | | 1 | | | Traditionalist | | | | [0.19-0.46] | | Islam | | | | [0.78-1.18] | | No Religion | | | | [0.35-0.71] | | Wealth Quintile | | | | | | Poor | | | 1 | | | Middle | | | | [1.13-1.75] | | Rich | | | | [3.02-6.06] | | Occupation | | | | | | Not working | | | 1 | | | Working | | | 1.05 | [0.84-1.30] | | Marital Status | | | | | | Not Married | | | 1 | | | Married | | | 1.14 | [0.95-1.37] | | Residential Status | | | | | | Rural | | | 1 | | | Urban | | | | [1.88-2.93] | | NHIS Subscription | | | | | | Not subscribed | | | 1 | | | Subscribed | | | | [1.32-1.85] | | Parity | | | | | | More than four | | | 1 | | | Four and below | | | | [1.08-1.72] | | Contraceptive use | | | | | | No modern contraceptive | | | 1 | | | Uses modern contraceptive | | | 1 | [1.03-1.50] |
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Exponentiated coefficients; 95% confidence intervals in square brackets; P<0.05; p<0.01; p<0.001. |