Table 1 Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of women aged 15–49 who had a live birth in the five years preceding the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (n = 14,858) and the factors associated with antenatal care utilisation for at least four visits from a bivariate model in Kenya

2739 (9.57)

7813 (54.55)

1.41 (1.17–1.69)

< 0.0001

3200 (26.17)

2.11 (1.67–2.66)

< 0.0001

1106 (9.72)

5.93 (4.63–7.59)

< 0.0001

4461 (20.25)

3035 (19.30)

1.35 (1.18–1.54)

< 0.0001

2618 (18.43)

1.73 (1.49–2.01)

< 0.0001

2459 (19.26)

2.24 (1.87–2.67)

< 0.0001

2285 (22.75)

3.92 (3.13–4.90)

< 0.0001

2863 (18.99)

9439 (71.43)

0.91 (0.79–1.06)

0.233

2143 (7.12)

0.79 (0.62–1.00)

0.05

349 (2.25)

0.49 (0.36–0.66)

< 0.0001

39 (0.21)

0.53 (0.26–1.07)

0.078

5146 (38.57)

9712 (61.43)

0.60 (0.53–0.69)

< 0.0001

12,251 (81.45)

2607 (18.55)

0.72 (0.65–0.80)

< 0.0001

8716 (66.12)

6123 (33.88)

0.42 (0.38–0.47)

< 0.0001

10,840 (77.29)

4018 (22.71)

0.69 (0.61–0.77)

< 0.0001

2234 (13.08)

1959 (18.64)

1.28 (0.97–1.69)

0.083

1261 (10.76)

1.20 (0.91–1.57)

0.196

793 (5.53)

1.02 (0.60–1.73)

0.946

1779 (15.77)

1.00 (0.74–1.37)

0.975

1516 (11.68)

1.28 (0.93–1.76)

0.129

5313 (24.53)

1.13 (0.82–1.55)

0.454

4305 (29.84)

7273 (49.76)

1.22 (1.07–1.38)

0.002

3280 (20.40)

1.15 (0.99–1.34)

0.073

10,245 (71.51)

4613 (28.49)

0.98 (0.89–1.08)

0.714

8891 (65.42)

4219 (25.00)

0.76 (0.69–0.84)

< 0.0001

1748 (9.59)

0.58 (0.49–0.68)

< 0.0001

5297 (34.47)

8400 (65.53)

1.37 (1.24–1.51)

< 0.0001

14,124 (97.97)

734 (2.03)

0.55 (0.40–0.75)

< 0.0001