Postpartum practices of puerperal women and their influencing factors in three regions of Hubei, China

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Table 5 Factors influencing health behaviours

Response variables	Independent variables	Estimate	Standard error	P value	Standardized Estimate	OR	95%CI
Get up within 2 days after giving birth	Husband's education level	-0.162	0.052	0.002	-0.093	0.85	0.77~0.94
	Location – rural	0.614	0.113	< 0.001	0.163	1.85	1.48~2.31
	Cesarean delivery	1.137	0.113	< 0.001	0.294	3.12	2.50~3.89
	Having serious obstetric complication	0.457	0.171	0.007	0.074	1.58	1.13~2.21
Physical exercises	Woman's education level	-0.332	0.054	< 0.001	-0.206	0.72	0.65~0.80
	Location – urban	-0.873	0.117	< 0.001	-0.225	0.42	0.33~0.53
	Receiving postpartum visits	-0.378	0.150	0.012	-0.076	0.69	0.51~0.92
Behaviour taboos	Woman's education level	0.297	0.049	< 0.001	0.183	1.35	1.22~1.48
	Location – urban	-0.273	0.114	0.017	-0.071	0.76	0.61~0.95
	Having serious obstetric complication	-0.408	0.167	0.014	-0.066	0.67	0.48~0.92
	Receiving postpartum visits	0.336	0.131	0.011	0.067	1.40	1.08~1.81
	Attending health care education courses	0.826	0.110	< 0.001	0.199	2.28	1.84~2.83

*The independent variables above were selected by stepwise regression to enter into the final models. All potential independent variables were listed in the statistical analysis section.

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