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Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of service satisfaction in urban and rural Ghana

From: Urban-rural difference in satisfaction with primary healthcare services in Ghana

Factors

Urban

Rural

Odds ratio

p-value (95% CI)

Odds ratio

p-value (95% CI)

Region

 Western (ref.)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Central

1.04

0.852(0.66–1.65)

0.49

0.004(0.30–0.80)*

 Greater Accra

1.64

0.017(1.09–2.47)*

1.07

0.869(0.46–2.52)

 Volta

1.05

0.858(0.64–1.71)

0.19

0.000(0.12–0.31)*

 Eastern

0.75

0.201(0.48–1.17)

0.31

0.000(0.19–0.50)*

 Ashanti

1.06

0.773(0.71–1.60)

0.54

0.017(0.32–0.89)*

 Brong Ahafo

0.87

0.520(0.56–1.33)

0.38

0.000(0.24–0.61)*

 Northern

0.56

0.021(0.34–0.92)*

0.25

0.000(0.15–0.41)*

 Upper East

1.75

0.023(1.08–2.84)*

0.82

0.455(0.49–1.37)

 Upper West

0.62

0.067(0.37–1.03)

0.39

0.000(0.24–0.65)*

Educational attainment

 No formal education(ref.)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Primary

1.29

0.177 (0.89–1.88)

1.09

0.570 (0.81–1.46)

 Secondary

0.91

0.559 (0.67–1.24)

0.99

0.933 (0.76–1.28)

 Higher

1.12

0.599 (0.74–1.69)

0.74

0.427 (0.36–1.55)

Wealth index

 Poorest (ref.)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Poorer

0.89

0.678 (0.53–1.52)

0.88

0.384 (0.67–1.17)

 Middle

1.14

0.575 (0.72–1.80)

1.00

0.991 (0.71–1.42)

 Richer

0.89

0.632 (0.56–1.41)

1.38

0.204 (0.84–2.29)

 Richest

0.82

0.430 (0.51–1.34)

1.22

0.820 (0.22–6.87)

Type of facility

 Public/government (ref.)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Private

1.99

0.000 (1.56–2.53)*

1.42

0.080 (0.96–2.09)

  1. *p significant at p < 0.05; Urban-Pseudo R 2 = 0.04; Rural- Pseudo R 2 = 0.05