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Table 3 Adjusted ORs and 95% CIs for Associations between Aspects of Wealth Inequality and other Covariates and Health Care Utilization for Ever Married Mothers in the 2007 Vanuatu Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (N = 615)

From: Wealth inequality and utilization of reproductive health services in the Republic of Vanuatu: insights from the multiple indicator cluster survey, 2007

Variables

AOR (95% CI)

 

Type of provider for ANC (MTP)

Type of provider for delivery assistance (MTP)

Place of delivery (institutional)

Counseling about AIDS or the AIDS virus

Testing for HIV/AIDS

Wealth index

     

Poor

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Second

1.98 (1.06-3.68)

2.93 (1.63-5.25)

1.82 (0.80-3.09)

1.08 (0.63-1.85)

1.92 (0.86-4.26)

Middle

1.18 (0.63-2.19)

2.19 (1.17-4.09)

1.57 (0.47-4.09)

0.87 (0.47-1.60)

0.96 (0.37-2.53)

Fourth

1.80 (0.82-3.96)

4.17 (1.94-8.94)

1.95 (0.89-4.23)

2.11 (1.15-3.84)

1.77 (0.71-4.48)

Richest

1.04 (0.31-3.56)

5.50 (1.34-22.47)

2.12 (1.02-3.42)

4.00 (1.58-10.10)

2.00 (1.02-5.88)

Maternal age

     

15-24 y

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

25-34 y

1.21 (0.67-2.17)

1.08 (0.61-1.93)

1.12 (0.59-2.13)

0.79 (0.49-1.25)

1.31 (0.71-2.43)

35-49 y

0.76 (0.34-1.71)

1.34 (0.58-3.12)

0.75 (0.31-1.80)

0.86 (0.44-1.70)

1.41 (0.53-3.69)

Mother's age at first marriage

     

< 18 y

1.00

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

18+ y

0.86 (0.53-1.40)

1.18 (0.73-1.89)

1.22 (0.73-2.05)

 

0.69 (0.40-1.16)

Maternal education

     

No education

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Primary

0.92 (0.42-2.02)

1.09 (0.50-2.28)

1.01 (0.44-2.31)

2.54 (0.92-7.02)

1.94 (0.54-7.04)

Secondary and higher

2.24 (1.00-5.83)

2.08 (1.01-5.23)

1.39 (0.52-3.67)

3.53 (1.36-9.16)

2.94 (1.03-11.44)

Mother tongue of head

     

Bislama

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Others

1.23 (0.53-2.86)

2.81 (1.17-6.78)

1.75 (0.67-4.57)

1.61 (0.82-3.17)

2.39 (0.95-6.01)

Parity

     

1

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

2

0.70 (0.36-1.37)

1.09 (0.58-2.06)

0.96 (0.47-1.97)

1.00 (0.59-1.69)

0.71 (0.36-1.39)

3+

0.84 (0.36-1.95)

0.55 (0.24-1.24)

0.62 (0.25-1.54)

1.11 (0.56-2.17)

0.45 (0.18-1.12)

Household members (tertile)

     

2-4

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

5-6

1.04 (0.58-1.87)

1.18 (0.65-2.13)

0.93 (0.48-1.79)

1.51 (0.91-2.46)

0.73 (0.36-1.47)

7+

0.91 (0.48-1.72)

1.12 (0.59-2.15)

0.69 (0.34-1.39)

2.01 (1.21-3.32)

1.65 (0.87-3.13)

Residence

     

Rural

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Urban

0.56 (0.30-2.37)

1.57 (0.51-4.81)

2.55 (0.72-9.05)

1.21 (0.59-2.50)

2.28 (1.01-5.47)

Religion of head

     

Christian

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Others

0.43 (0.17-0.97)

0.78 (0.28-2.19)

0.32 (0.11-0.90)

4.04 (1.58-10.34)

6.37 (2.14-18.91)

ANC provider qualification

     

NMTP

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1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

MTP

 

11.03 (9.29-17.38)

14.09 (8.31-23.90)

1.90 (1.01-3.80)

4.17 (1.28-13.53)

Delivery assistance

     

NMTP

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----

1.00

1.00

MTP

   

14.09 (8.31-23.90)

1.13 (0.52-2.39)

Counseling about AIDS or the AIDS virus

     

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

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1.00

Yes

2.50 (1.28-4.89)

3.30 (1.68-6.48)

1.77 (1.01-3.48)

 

20.80 (19.32-53.48)

Testing for HIV/AIDS

     

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

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Yes

2.23 (0.67-7.48)

1.48 (0.67-2.48)

1.60 (0.52-4.87)

18.80 (16.32-43.48)

 
  1. MTP: medically trained personnel.
  2. NMTP: Non-medically trained personnel.