Research Article
Disparities in Antenatal Care Visits between Urban and Rural Ethiopian Women
Table 2
Results of negative binomial regression.
| Variable | Category | IRR (95% CI) | value |
| Age | 15-19 | 1 | | 20-24 | 2.34 (0.46, 11.8) | 0.304 | 25-29 | 3.95 (0.91, 17.15) | 0.067 | 30-34 | 4.56 (1.07, 19.34) | 0.040 | 35-39 | 4.21 (0.97,18.28) | 0.055 | 40-44 | 4.61(1.03, 20.66) | 0.046 | 45-49 | 2.47 (0.49, 12.51) | 0.275 |
| Educational attainment | No education | 1 | | Incomplete primary | 0.05 (0.02, 0.12) | <0.001 | Complete primary | 0.17 (0.07, 0.42) | <0.001 | Incomplete secondary | 0.52 (0.15,1.84) | 0.312 | Complete secondary | 0.53 (0.18,1.58) | 0.254 | Higher | 10.04(1.12,89.71) | 0.039 |
| Wealth index | Poorest | 1 | | Poorer | 0.06 (0.03,0.12) | <0.001 | Middle | 0.12 (0.06, 0.24) | <0.001 | Richer | 0.26 (0.14,0.5) | <0.001 | Richest | 0.45 (0.24,0.86) | 0.016 |
| Place of residence | Rural | 1 | | Urban | 0.615 (0.56-0.67) | <0.001 |
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Significance at 5%. IRR: incidence rate ratio. |