Table 7: Factors associated with home delivery among mothers in Delanta district, south Wollo, north east Ethiopia, March 2018 (from multivariable logistic regression analysis).

Variables Place of delivery COR

(95% CI)		 AOR

(95% CI)		 P-value
Home delivery Health facility
Age of the mothers
15-19 15 11 0.539 [0.226, 1.286] 0.417 [0.142, 1.230] 0.113
20-24 19 100 0.075 [0.040, 0.140]** 0.089 [0.043, 0.184] 0.001*
25-29 18 175 0.041 [0.022, 0.076] 0.042 [0.020, 0.089] 0.102
30-34 53 39 0.538 [0.305, 0.946] 0.373 [0.183, 0.759] 0.206
>= 35 91 36 1 1
Occupation of the mothers
Housewife 108 88 7.364 [3.914, 13.85]** 3.422 [1.557, 7.524] 0.002*
Farmer 40 96 2.875 [1.477, 5.596] 1.476 [0.634, 3.439 0.367
Nongovernment employee 12 41 0.585 [0.181, 1.890] 0.312 [0.081,1.207] 0.092
Private business 10 30 1.200 [0.423, 3.406] 1.104 [0.327, 3.729] 0.873
Student 12 22 4.909 [2.116, 11.388] 5.290 [1.674,22,16.71] 0.205
Government employee 14 84 1 1
Number of ANC visit received?
One 74 61 3.7 [2.240, 6.265]** 3.217 [1.575, 6.570] 0.001*
Two 56 83 1.860 [1.104, 3.136] 1.066 [0.515, 2.205] 0.863
Three 31 105 0.932 [0.536, 1.621] 0.552 [0.264, 1.157] 0.115
I don’t know 11 11 3.088 [0.934, 10.211] 4.663 [1.020, 21.329] 0.47
Four and above 34 101 1 1
How much time it take to reach Health facilities = 525
< 30 minutes 45 145 1 1
30-60 minutes 49 125 1.310 [0.823, 2.087] 0.625 [0.333, 1.173] 0.143
60-90 minutes 31 32 3.186 [1.755, 5.783] 1.604 [0.682, 3.774] 0.279
90-120 minutes 21 11 8.633 [3.58, 20.814]** 5.459 [1.681, 17.732] 0.005*
> 120 minutes 22 21 3.759 [1.916, 7.375] 1.379 [0.384, 4.955] 0.622
I don’t know 12 11 3.289 [1.168, 9.261] 2.120 [0.864, 5.201] 0.101
Media exposure at least once a week
No 129 151 2.678 [1.865, 3.845]** 1.979 [1.149, 3.410] 0.014*
Yes 67 210 1 1

Notes: * = P < 0.05 values indicate statistically significant associations on multivariable analysis.

** = P < 0.01 values indicate statistically significant associations on Bivariable analysis.

1 = Reference.