Table 3: Logistic regression estimates of the determinants of health care decision making autonomy among women with children under five years in Ghana.
OR | 95% CI | P-value | OR | 95% CI | P-value | |
Crude estimates | Adjusted estimates | |||||
Woman's age | 1.01 | 1.0022-1.0217 | 0.016 | 1.01 | 0.9933-1.0305 | 0.211 |
Woman's education | ||||||
No education | Ref | - | - | - | - | - |
Primary | 2.08 | 1.7356-2.4892 | < 0.001 | 1.52 | 1.1574-1.9861 | 0.003 |
Secondary | 2.28 | 1.9670-2.6406 | < 0.001 | 1.46 | 1.1338-1.8784 | 0.003 |
Higher education | 3.93 | 2.5401-6.0825 | < 0.001 | 2.20 | 1.2322-3.9547 | 0.008 |
Woman's earnings autonomy | ||||||
Respondent alone | 2.51 | 1.8410-3.4309 | < 0.001 | 2.42 | 1.7570-3.3391 | < 0.001 |
Respondent and Husband/Partner | 11.58 | 7.9671-16.8440 | < 0.001 | 9.85 | 6.7215-14.4364 | < 0.001 |
Husband/Partner alone | Ref | - | - | - | - | - |
Residence | ||||||
Rural | 0.86 | 0.7542-0.9815 | 0.025 | 0.87 | 0.7109-1.0563 | 0.156 |
Partners age | 0.99 | 0.9858-0.9988 | 0.022 | 0.99 | 0.9782-1.0040 | 0.178 |
Partner's education | ||||||
No education | Ref | - | - | - | - | - |
Primary | 2.23 | 1.7838-2.7781 | < 0.001 | 1.50 | 1.0876-2.0641 | 0.013 |
Secondary | 2.04 | 1.7701-2.3575 | < 0.001 | 1.50 | 1.1740-1.9247 | 0.001 |
Higher education | 2.90 | 2.2121-3.8019 | < 0.001 | 1.42 | 0.9352-2.1463 | 0.100 |
Sources: GDHS 2014 dataset.