Table 5 Factors associated with frequency of postnatal care visits

 No ^a

158/266 (60%)

48/266 (18%)

32/266 (12%)

11/266 (4%)

17/266 (6%)

1.0

 Yes

115/210 (55%)

31/210 (15%)

22/210 (10%)

23/210 (11%)

19/210 (9%)

1.2 (0.94–1.6)

  < 25 ^a

163/277 (59%)

42/277 (15%)

30/277 (11%)

20/277 (7%)

22/277 (8%)

1.0

 25 or more

110/199 (55%)

37/199 (19%)

24/199 (12%)

14/199 (7%)

14/199 (7%)

0.82 (0.57–1.7)

 No or primary education ^a

121/186 (65%)

26/186 (14%)

21/186 (11%)

11/186 (6%)

7/186 (4%)

1.0

 Junior secondary

81/152 (53%)

32/152 (21%)

18/152 (12%)

11/152 (7%)

10/152 (7%)

1.3 (0.90–1.8)

 Secondary

71/138 (51%)

21/138 (15%)

15/138 (11%)

12/138 (9%)

19/138 (14%)

1.4 (0.96–2.1)

  < 10,000BDT ^a

141/223 (63%)

35/223 (16%)

24/223 (11%)

9/223 (4%)

14/223 (6%)

1.0

 10,000 BDT or above

132/253 (52%)

44/253 (17%)

30/253 (12%)

25/253 (10%)

22/253 (9%)

1.2 (0.87–1.8)

 1 ^a

117/203 (58%)

33/203 (16%)

23/203 (11%)

12/203 (6%)

18/203 (9%)

1.0

 2

106/178 (60%)

25/178 (14%)

19/178 (11%)

13/178 (7%)

15/178 (8%)

1.1 (0.9–1.8)

 3 or more

50/95 (53%)

21/95 (22%)

12/95 (13%)

9/95 (9%)

3/95 (3%)

1.4 (0.9–2.4)

 Rural^a

140/215 (65%)

37/215 (17%)

16/215 (7%)

12/215 (6%)

10/215 (5%)

1.0

 Urban

133/261 (51%)

42/261 (16%)

38/261 (15%)

22/261 (8%)

26/261 (10%)

1.63 (1.2–2.2) **

 District A ^a

22/61 (36%)

3/61 (5%)

13/61 (21%)

8/61 (13%)

15/61 (25%)

1.0

 District B

46/116 (40%)

29/116 (25%)

21/116 (18%)

11/116 (9%)

9/116 (8%)

0.57 (0.36–0.91) *

 District C

70/115 (61%)

17/115 (15%)

11/115 (10%)

9/115 (7%)

8/115 (7%)

0.41 (0.26–0.64) **

 District D

48/62 (77%)

11/62 (18%)

2/62 (3%)

1/62 (2%)

0/62 (0%)

0.12 (0.06–0.23) **

 District E

87/122 (71%)

19/122 (16%)

7/122 (6%)

5/122 (4%)

4/122 (3%)

0.30 (0.18–0.50) **

 No ^a

113/169 (67%)

20/169 (12%)

13/169 (8%)

11/169 (6%)

12/169 (7%)

1.0

 Yes

160/307 (52%)

59/307 (19%)

41/307 (13%)

23/307 (8%)

24/307 (8%)

1.52 (1.2–2.1) *