Higher education was associated with higher rates of facility‐based births: women with higher education (86.8%) were more likely to deliver in health facilities compared with those without formal education (66.1%), although this association did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.057).
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Factors Associated With Maternal Health Care Facilities Utilization in the Slum Communities of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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Janajati women also had lower odds, although this association was marginally significant (OR = 0.269, 95% CI 0.063–1.146, p = 0.076).
Education level and religion were not statistically significant predictors in the multivariate model, although higher education showed a trend toward increased odds of health facility delivery. 4 Discussion This study examined factors associated with health facility delivery among women in slum communities of the Kathmandu Valley, guided by Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Services Utilization.