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Table 4 Predictors of GMP services utilization among children 0–23 months of age in Legambo district, South Wollo zone, Northern Ethiopia, 2020

From: Determinants of growth monitoring and promotion service utilization among children 0–23 months of age in northern Ethiopia: unmatched case-control study

N

Categories

Cases

Controls

95% confidence interval

COR

AOR

Maternal education

Illiterate

26 (29.2%)

132 (49.1%)

1

1

Read and write

2 (2.2%)

5 (1.9%)

2.03 (0.37–11.04)

1.32 (0.19–9.17)

Primary

31 (34.8%)

94 (34.9%)

1.67 (0.93–3.00)

1.29 (0.52–3.22)

Secondary and above

30 (33.7%)

38 (14.1%)

4.01 (2.12–7.58)

1.96 (0.68–5.69)

Partner education

Illiterate

25 (28.1%)

133 (49.4%)

1

1

Read and write

5 (5.6%)

22 (8.2%)

1.21 (0.42–3.49)

0.89 (0.23–3.50)

Primary

26 (29.2%)

75 (27.9%)

1.84 (0.99–3.42)

1.25 (0.49–3.19)

Secondary and above

33 (37.1%)

39 (14.5%)

4.5 (2.39–8.46)

1.87 (0.68–5.13)

Child age in months

0–5

7 (7.9%)

67 (24.9%)

1

1

6–11

17 (19.1%)

67 (24.9%)

2.43 (0.95–6.24)

2.67-(0.91–7.85)

12–17

35 (39.3%)

74 (27.5%)

4.53 (1.89–10.87)*

3.45 (1.26–9.41)*

18–23

30 (33.7%)

61 (22.7%)

4.70 (1.93–11.49)**

4.38 (1.53–12.49)**

Maternal knowledge

Good

72 (80.9%)

133 (49.4%)

4.33 (2.42–7.73)*

2.42 (1.23–4.75)*

Poor

17 (19.1%)

136 (30.6%)

1

1

Maternal attitude

Favorable

74 (83.1%)

129 (48.0%)

5.35 (2.92–9.79)*

2.45 (1.20–4.98)*

Unfavorable

15 (16.9%)

140 (52.0%)

1

1

Counseling on GMP

Yes

70 (78.7%)

123 (45.7%)

4.37 (2.49–7.66)*

2.34 (1.19–4.56)*

No

19 (21.3%)

146 (54.3%)

1

1

Access to media

Yes

52 (58.4%)

114 (42.4%)

1.91 (1.18–3.11)*

0.92 (0.48–1.77)

No

37 (41.6)

155 (57.6%)

  

Distance to health facility

<  1 h

79 (88.8%)

154 (57.2%)

5.89 (2.93–11.89)**

4.53 (1.99–10.28)**

> 1 h

10 (11.2%)

115 (42.8%)

1

1

ANC service utilization

Yes

74 (83.1%)

132 (49.1%)

5.12 (2.79–9.37)*

2.46 (1.18–5.16)*

No

15 (16.9%)

137 (50.9%)

1

1

PNC service utilization

Yes

68 (76.4%)

117 (43.5%)

4.20 (2.44–7.26)*

1.89 (0.95–3.62)

No

21 (23.6%)

152 (56.5%)

1

1

  1. *P-value < 0.05; ** P-value < 0.001, COR Crude odds ratio, AOR Adjusted odds ratio