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Table 3 Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis of mothers SSC practice and its determinant factors during postpartum stay at public health institutions in four selected towns’ post natal units, Ethiopia, 2016/17

From: Assessment of skin-to-skin contact (SSC) during the postpartum stay and its determinant factors among mothers at public health institutions in Ethiopia

Variables

SSC status (N = 384)

COR (95% CI)

P-value

AOR (95% CI)

P-value

Yes (n = 81)

No (n = 150)

n

%

n

%

Educational status

 Unable to read and write

4

5.5

69

94.5

13.03 (4.33, 39.23)

0.000

18.23 (5.26, 63.52)

0.000*

 Primary (1–8)

25

21.0

84

79.0

2.84 (1.52, 5.32)

 

3.72 (1.62, 8.52)

 

 Secondary (9–12)

45

39.8

68

60.2

1.14 (0.64, 2.05)

 

1.59 (0.75, 3.39)

 Tertiary (Diploma and above)

34

43.0

45

57.0

1.00

 

1.00

Occupation

 Housewife

73

28.0

18

72.0

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Employed

32

35.6

858

64.4

0.70 (0.42, 1.17)

 

0.43 (0.11, 1.66)

 

 Unemployed four

3

9.1

30

90.9

3.88 (1.15, 13.12)

0.029

67 (0.16, 2.83)

0.582

Type of current pregnancy

 Wanted/planned

99

31.4

216

68.6

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Unwanted/unplanned

9

13.0

60

87.0

3.06 (1.46, 6.40)

0.003

0.59 (0.24, 1.45)

0.251

Number of ANC visits

 One

1

5.9

16

94.1

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Two

7

21.9

25

78.1

19.87 (2.67, 147.62)

 

9.97 (1.21, 81.91)

 

 Three

15

22.4

52

77.6

9.09 (1.18, 69.69)

0.003

8.55 (1.05, 69.54)

0.032*

 Four

84

36.2

148

63.8

2.03 (0.84, 4.88)

 

1.31 (0.49, 3.50)

 

GA (gestational age)

 < 37 weeks

7

77.8

2

22.2

1.00

 

1.00

 

 37–42 weeks

101

26.9

274

73.1

9.49 (1.94, 46.47)

0.005

0.07 (0.01, 0.53)

0.010*

Current birth attendant

 Midwife

88

32.1

186

67.9

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Nurse

6

20.0

24

80.0

1.89 (0.75, 4.79)

 

0.20 (0.07, 0.53)

 

 Doctor

6

24.0

19

76.0

1.49 (0.58, 3.88)

 

0.22 (0.06, 0.89)

 

 Health officer

8

14.5

47

85.5

2.78 (1.26, 6.13)

0.011

0.28 (0.07, 1.09)

0.212*

  1. COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. * Significant association with P-value < 0.05