Late initiation and low utilization of postnatal care services among women in the rural setting in Northwest Tanzania: a community-based study using a mixed method approach

Table 3 Factors associated with timing of postnatal services (bivariate & multivariate analyses)

Characteristics	No PNC	Within a week	>week to 6weeks	Within a week	>week to 6weeks
		Bivariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
		RRR. (95 %CI)	RRR. (95 % CI)	RRR. (95 %CI)	RRR. (95 % CI)
Maternal age	Ref	0.99[0.97,1.01]	0.98[0.96,1.01]	-	-
Being married	Ref	1.09[0.59,2.05]	1.06[0.58,1.95]	-	-
At least a primary level education	Ref	1.48[1.13,1.95]	1.27[0.99,1.65]	1.22[0.90,1.63]	1.22[0.94,1.58]
Gravida
Multigravida	Ref	1.19[0.78,1.79]	0.85[0.58,1.26]	-	-
Grandgravida	Ref	0.96[0.62,1.49]	0.78[0.52,1.16]	-	-
Presence of complications	Ref	1.68[1.70,2.44]	0.73[0.47,1.13]	1.28[0.87,1.92]	0.68[0.43,1.06]
Less than 4 ANC visits	Ref	0.55[0.41,0.73]	1.28[0.96,1.72]	0.57[0.42,0.78]	1.28[0.95,1.72]
Home delivery	Ref	0.27[0.20,0.36]	0.64[0.48,0.85]	0.29[0.21,0.40]	0.64[0.48,0.85]

PNC Postnatal care; RRR relative risk ratio; CI Confidence Interval; ANC Antenatal care

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