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Table 2 Factors associated with bypassing

From: Bypassing birthing centres for child birth: a community-based study in rural Chitwan Nepal

Variables

Unadjusted OR (95 % CI)

P-value (Crude)

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)

P-value (adjusted)

Place of residence

 Plain

6.355 (3.088–13.081)

<0.001

2.467 (1.005–6.058)

0.049

 Hill

1.00

 

1.00

 

Caste/ethnicity

 Disadvantaged

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Advantaged

3.714 (1.882–7.330)

<0.001

2.172 (1.153–4.089)

0.016

Wealth index

 Lower

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Higher

8.556 (4.713–15.532)

<0.001

4.981 (2.482–9.999)

<0.001

Educational status

 No schooling

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Primary and above

1.468 (0.666–3.236)

0.341

2.152 (0.921–5.029)

0.077

Age group

 15–24 years

1.00

 

1.00

 

 25 and more years

1.375 (0.804–2.354)

0.245

2.222 (1.050–4.703)

0.037

Birth order

1st

1.685 (1.033–2.750)

0.037

2.032 (1.060–3.894)

0.033

2nd and more

1.00

 

1.00

 

ANC number

  < 4

2.240 (1.335–3.759)

0.002

0.908 (0.487–1.695)

0.762

 4 or more

1.00

 

1.00

 

Experience of complications during delivery

 No

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Yes

1.974 (0.992–3.925)

0.053

1.621 (0.846–3.107)

0.146

Nagelkerke R Square

   

0.360

Hosmer and Lemeshow Test

  

0.411

  1. Bold font indicates statistical significance with p < 0.05