Table 3: Logistic regression estimates of the determinants of health care decision making autonomy among women with children under five years in Ghana.

OR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value
Crude estimates Adjusted estimates
Woman's age 1.01 1.0022-1.0217 0.016 1.01 0.9933-1.0305 0.211
Woman's education
No education Ref - - - - -
Primary 2.08 1.7356-2.4892 < 0.001 1.52 1.1574-1.9861 0.003
Secondary 2.28 1.9670-2.6406 < 0.001 1.46 1.1338-1.8784 0.003
Higher education 3.93 2.5401-6.0825 < 0.001 2.20 1.2322-3.9547 0.008
Woman's earnings autonomy
Respondent alone 2.51 1.8410-3.4309 < 0.001 2.42 1.7570-3.3391 < 0.001
Respondent and Husband/Partner 11.58 7.9671-16.8440 < 0.001 9.85 6.7215-14.4364 < 0.001
Husband/Partner alone Ref - - - - -
Residence
Rural 0.86 0.7542-0.9815 0.025 0.87 0.7109-1.0563 0.156
Partners age 0.99 0.9858-0.9988 0.022 0.99 0.9782-1.0040 0.178
Partner's education
No education Ref - - - - -
Primary 2.23 1.7838-2.7781 < 0.001 1.50 1.0876-2.0641 0.013
Secondary 2.04 1.7701-2.3575 < 0.001 1.50 1.1740-1.9247 0.001
Higher education 2.90 2.2121-3.8019 < 0.001 1.42 0.9352-2.1463 0.100

Sources: GDHS 2014 dataset.