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Table 2 Relations between educational level and maternal health services utilizationa, c.

From: Maternal education level and maternal healthcare utilization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: an analysis of the multiple indicator cluster survey 2017/18

 

Unadjusted OR (95 % CI)

 

PrimaryN = 3,408

Secondary and AboveN = 3,279

Received Prenatal Care

1.38(1.04,1.83)

2.94(2.15,4.03)

Antenatal Care ≥ 4

1.07(0.83,1.38)

1.95(1.52,2.50)

Skilled attendant at birth

1.24(0.96,1.60)

3.32(2.25,4.91)

Mother received postnatal care

2.25(1.09,4.64)

1.90(0.88,4.11)

Baby received postnatal care

2.23(1.24,4.04)

1.05(0.53,2.10)

Cesarean section

0.95(050,1.80)

2.24(1.24,4.06)

 

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)b

Received Prenatal Care

1.56(1.18,2.06)

2.49(1.80,3.44)

Antenatal Care ≥ 4

1.08(0.85,1.38)

1.47(1.13,1.91)

Skilled attendant at birth

1.13(0.91,1.41)

1.78(1.29,2.46)

Mother received postnatal care

1.97(0.86,4.55)

2.13(0.85,5.30)

Baby received postnatal care

1.99(1.03,3.85)

1.35(0.60,3.03)

Cesarean section

1.24(0.64,2.40)

1.98(1.07,3.65)

  1. aReference group is the below primary and none education group (n = 1,873)
  2. bAdjusted for age, urban/rural, province, wealth, marital status, age at first marriage, smoke/alcohol use, and disability
  3. cORs for received prenatal care, ANC ≥ 4, skilled attendant at birth, and cesarean section were calculated with considerations of sampling weight. ORs for mother received PNC and baby received PNC were calculated without weighting due to missing values causing stratum with single sampling unit