Women Empowerment and Skilled Birth Attendants among Women in Rural Ghana

Table 2

Binary logistic regression of skilled birth attendants among rural women in Ghana.

Variable	Model I odds ratio; (confidence interval)	Model II odds ratio; (confidence interval)
Women empowerment
Decision-making power
Low	0.62 (0.45, 0.85)	0.74 (0.53, 1.04)
Medium	0.76 (0.62, 0.93)	0.75 (0.61, 0.93)
High	Ref	Ref
Women’s knowledge level
Low	0.39 (0.29, 0.52)	0.55 (0.40, 0.76)
Medium	Ref	Ref
High	1.50 (1.21, 1.85)	1.01 (0.79, 1.28)
Labour force
Not working	1.05 (0.81, 1.37)	1.03 (0.78, 1.38)
Working	Ref	Ref
Acceptance of wife beating
Low	Ref	Ref
Medium	0.73 (0.57, 0.92)	0.89 (0.69, 1.15)
High	0.55 (0.42, 0.72)	0.68 (0.51, 0.90)
Age
15–19		1.57 (0.83, 2.95)
20–24		1.18 (0.87, 1.61)
25–29		Ref
30–34		0.93 (0.71, 1.24)
35–39		1.04 (0.78, 1,40)
40–44		1.20 (0.84, 1.71)
45–49		0.75 (0.46, 1.22)
ANC visit
Less than 4		0.25 (0.19, 0.32)
4 or more		Ref
Partner’s educational level
No education		0.55 (0.44, 0.70)
Primary		0.86 (0.64, 1.15)
Secondary		Ref
Higher		1.96 (1.05, 3.64)
Getting medical for self: money needed for treatment
Big problem		Ref
Not a big problem		1.09 (0.88, 1.37)
Getting medical help for self: distance to a health facility
Big problem		0.63 (0.50, 0.78)
Not a big problem		Ref

, , . Ref: reference category.