Women’s enlightenment and early antenatal care initiation are determining factors for the use of eight or more antenatal visits in Benin: further analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Table 2 Logistic regression of the factors associated with ≥ 8 ANC contacts among women of reproductive age in Benin, West Africa, BDHS 2017–2018

Variable	AOR	95% CI	P
Timing to ANC contacts initiation
Early booking (within 1st trimester)	1.00
Late booking (after 1st trimester)	0.03	0.00–0.21	0.001*
Women’s enlightenment level
Low	1.00
Medium	4.55	1.41–14.69	0.011*
High	5.49	1.77–17.00	0.003*

Model adjusted for neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantaged level, decision-making power, age at 1st marriage, family type, preceding birth interval, religion, and health insurance coverage
*Significant at p < 0.05