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Table 4 Adjusted and Unadjusted Odds Ratios of the Association between Demographic Characteristics of Women Respondents and Institutional Delivery in (a) 2008 SLDHS and (b) 2013 SLDHS

From: Impact of the free healthcare initiative on wealth-related inequity in the utilization of maternal & child health services in Sierra Leone

2008 SLDHS (a)

2013 SLDHS (b)

Background

Characteristic

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P-value

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

P-value

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

Wealth index

 Poorest

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Poorer

1.49 (1.17, 1.89)

0.001

1.44 (1.14, 1.82)

0.002

1.22 (1.07, 1.40)

0.004

1.07 (0.94, 1.22)

0.290

 Middle

1.52 (1.19, 1.93)

0.001

1.54 (1.22, 1.94)

<  0.001

1.28 (1.11, 1.47)

<  0.001

1.07 (0.94, 1.21)

0.335

 Richer

1.37 (1.05, 1.78)

0.020

1.82 (1.45, 2.30)

<  0.001

1.72 (1.47, 2.00)

<  0.001

1.68 (1.47, 1.92)

<  0.001

 Richest

1.30 (0.94, 1.80)

0.115

3.24 (2.57, 4.08)

<  0.001

1.75 (1.41, 2.17)

<  0.001

2.55 (2.20, 2.95)

<  0.001

Education Level

 None

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Primary

1.40 (1.13, 1.75)

0.002

1.78 (1.45, 2.18)

<  0.001

1.28 (1.12, 1.47)

<  0.001

1.37 (1.21, 1.56)

<  0.001

 Secondary

1.98 (1.56, 2.52)

<  0.001

2.90 (2.38, 3.54)

<  0.001

1.76 (1.52, 2.03)

<  0.001

2.36 (2.09, 2.66)

<  0.001

 Higher

3.76 (2.03, 6.96)

<  0.001

7.61 (4.27, 13.55)

<  0.001

3.40 (1.89, 6.11)

<  0.001

6.80 (3.88, 11.91)

<  0.001>

Occupation

 No

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Yes

1.20 (1.00, 1.43)

0.047

0.86 (0.73, 1.01)

0.066

0.72 (0.64, 0.81)

<  0.001

0.58 (0.52, 0.64)

<  0.001

Residence

 Urban

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Rural

0.47 (0.38, 0.58)

<  0.001

0.39 (0.34, 0.45)

<  0.001

0.68 (0.58, 0.80)

<  0.001

0.46 (0.42, 0.51)

<  0.001

Ethnicity

 Temne, Loko, & Limba

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Mende, Sherbro & Kono

2.22 (1.88, 2.63)

<  0.001

1.98 (1.69, 2.31)

<  0.001

3.08 (2.78, 3.41)

<  0.001

2.62 (2.39, 2.88)

<  0.001

 Others

1.47 (1.19, 1.82)

<  0.001

1.53 (1.25, 1.87)

<  0.001

1.62 (1.41, 1.86)

<  0.001

1.58 (1.38, 1.80)

<  0.001

Religion

 Christianity

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Islam

0.87 (0.72, 1.04)

0.130

0.58 (0.49, 0.69)

<  0.001

0.86 (0.76, 0.97)

0.016

0.58 (0.52, 0.65)

< 0.001

 Others

0.41 (0.15, 1.11)

0.079

0.17 (0.07, 0.46)

<  0.001

0.89 (0.37, 2.12)

0.791

0.56 (0.25, 1.26)

0.162

Mother’s age

 15–19

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 20–24

1.19 (0.88, 1.61)

0.265

1.19 (0.89, 1.58)

0.249

1.09 (0.91, 1.30)

0.367

1.00 (0.84, 1.18)

0.976

 25–29

1.04 (0.77, 1.40)

0.791

0.96 (0.72, 1.26)

0.749

1.25 (1.05, 1.50)

0.014

1.02 (0.87, 1.20)

0.841

 30–34

1.25 (0.91, 1.71)

0.162

1.22 (0.91, 1.64)

0.179

1.03 (0.86, 1.25)

0.739

0.79 (0.67, 0.94)

0.006

 35–39

1.08 (0.78, 1.49)

0.654

0.96 (0.71, 1.29)

0.775

1.06 (0.87, 1.29)

0.562

0.77 (0.64, 0.91)

0.003

 40–44

0.99 (0.66, 1.49)

0.950

0.85 (0.58, 1.25)

0.404

1.05 (0.83, 1.33)

0.702

0.71 (0.57, 0.88)

0.002

 45–49

0.96 (0.57, 1.64)

0.883

0.67 (0.40, 1.11)

0.116

0.80 (0.60, 1.06)

0.122

0.60 (0.46, 0.78)

< 0.001

 Number of children

1.02 (0.99, 1.05)

0.119

1.02 (0.99, 1.05)

0.235

1.00 (0.99, 1.02)

0.823

1.00 (0.98, 1.02)

0.948

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