Uptake of Immediate Postpartum LARCs and Associated Factors among Mothers Who Gave Birth at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia
Table 4
Factors associated with uptake of postpartum LARC methods in HUCSH, Ethiopia, April 2019.
Variables
Uptake of LARC (%)
Crude odds ratio (95% CI)
Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
Mothers age
15-24
36 (34.0)
1
1
25-34
53 (50.0)
0.95 (0.587, 1.54)
0.93 (0.54, 1.61)
35-44
17 (16.0)
1.95 (0.96, 3.99)
1.46 (0.64, 3.30)
Ethnicity
Oromo
29 (27.4)
1.00 (0.43, 2.32)
1.02 (0.41, 2.54)
Amara
23 (21.7)
2.03 (0.83, 4.94)
2.33 (0.89, 6.08)
Sidama
36 (34.0)
1.47 (0.64, 3.36)
1.31 (0.53, 3.18)
Wolayita
9 (8.5)
1.34 (0.46, 3.86)
1.10 (0.35, 3.44)
Others
9 (8.5)
1
1
Mothers occupation
Unemployed
58 (54.7)
1
1
Employed
48 (45.3)
1.41 (0.90, 2.21)
1.29 (0.78, 2.14)
Planned birth
Yes
82 (77.4)
1
1
No
24 (22.6)
0.74 (0.43, 1.28)
1.97 (1.04, 3.71)
Number of ANC visits
1-3
55 (52.9)
1
1
4 and above
49 (47.1)
0.79 (0.50, 1.24)
0.71 (0.43, 1.16)
Heard about LARC
Yes
93 (87.7)
1.66 (0.87, 3.18)
1.03 (0.46, 2.31)
No
13 (12.3)
1
1
Previous use of LARC
Yes
24 (22.6)
1.36 (0.79, 2.34)
1.19 (0.65, 2.19)
No
82 (77.4)
1
1
Counseled about FP methods during ANC visits
Yes
58 (55.8)
1.17 (0.74, 1.83)
0.98 (0.59, 1.60)
No
46 (44.2)
1
1
Counseled about LARC during ANC
Yes
45 (43.3)
1.26 (0.80, 1.98)
1.06 (0.48, 2.32)
No
59 (56.7)
1
1
Counseled about LARC during postnatal period
Yes
103 (97.2)
19.49 (6.04, 62.87)
21.1 (6.49, 68.66)
No
3 (2.8)
1
1
CI: confidence interval, ; value less than 0.001; Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness-of-fit =0.41.
