Determinants of institutional delivery in rural Jhang, Pakistan

Table 4 Determinants of postnatal care (PNC) visit after last delivery

	Use of PNC visit after last delivery % (1)	Unadjusted odds of PNC visit after last delivery (2)	Adjusted odds of PNC visit after last delivery (3)	Marginal effects % (4)
Maternal Factors
Mother's Age
Less than 19	17.8	1.00	1.00
20-24	16.9	0.93	1.08
25-29	18.6	1.04	1.71*	7.2
30 plus	14.1	0.75	1.78*	8.0
Parity
1	23.8	1.00	1.00
2	20.1	0.81	0.76
3	16.1	0.61**	0.54**	-7.2
4	11.9	0.43***	0.39***	-9.9
5	8.6	0.30***	0.26***	-12.4
6	8.7	0.31**	0.29**	-11.4
7 plus	10.7	0.38**	0.39**	-9.4
Mother's Education
None	12.2	1.00	1.00
Less than primary	16.9	1.48	1.23
Primary complete	20.7	1.88***	1.39
Middle	28.6	2.89***	1.90**	9.5
Matriculate or higher	34.4	3.78***	1.84**	9.0
Household Factors
Mother's Autonomy
Low	14.5	1.00	1.00
Medium	17.2	1.22	1.16
High	18.5	1.34	1.34
Wealth Quintiles
Lowest/First	7.9	1.00	1.00
Second	15.3	2.13**	1.85**	8.8
Middle	12.6	1.69*	1.39
Fourth	19.1	2.79***	2.05**	10.3
Highest/Fifth	31.7	5.44***	2.92***	16.4
Program Factors
Health worker visited during last 12 months
No	16.7	1.00	1.00
Yes	17.2	1.04	0.91
Travel time to nearest health facility
More than 15 minutes	14.4	1.00	1.00
15 minutes or less	19.4	1.43**	1.13
Mode of travel to nearest facility
Motorized	18.7	1.00	1.00
Foot	16.7	0.87	0.99
Other	11.6	0.58	0.73
Mass Media Exposure
Less than once a week	13.8	1.00	1.00
At least one a week	26.2	2.22***	1.33*	3.8
Total	16.9	-	-	-
R-squared	-	-	8.75%	-

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