Table 2 Prevalence of CS delivery by socio-demographic characteristics
Socio-demographic characteristicsa | Caesarean section | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Yes (N/%) | No (N/%) | ||
Mother's age | 0.037 | ||
Less than 25 years | 78 (4.6) | 1628 (95.4) | |
25–34 | 178 (6.2) | 2695 (95.8) | |
35 and above | 83 (4.9) | 1606 (95.1) | |
Place of residence | 0.000 | ||
Urban | 212 (9.7) | 1969 (90.3) | |
Rural | 128 (3.1) | 3961 (96.9) | |
Region | 0.000 | ||
Aire Métropolitaine de Port-au-Prince | 127 (11.4) | 989 (88.6) | |
Reste-Ouest | 48 (4.0) | 1143 (96.0) | |
Sud-Est | 11 (3.3) | 325 (96.7) | |
Nord | 38 (5.5) | 648 (94.5) | |
Nord-Est | 13 (5.3) | 230 (94.7) | |
Artibonite | 29 (2.9) | 956 (97.1) | |
Centre | 29 (5.4) | 513 (94.6) | |
Sud | 22 (5.4) | 388 (94.6) | |
Grand'Anse/Nippes | 14 (3.2) | 429 (96.8) | |
Nord-Ouest | 8 (2.5) | 309 (97.5) | |
Wealth Index | 0.000 | ||
Poorest | 20 (1.3) | 1562 (98.7) | |
Poorer | 44 (3.4) | 1257 (96.6) | |
Middle | 43 (3.3) | 1268 (96.7) | |
Richer | 72 (6.0) | 1119 (94.0) | |
Richest | 160 (18.1) | 723 (81.9) | |
Currently working | 0.757 | ||
Yes | 224 (5.3) | 3966 (94.7) | |
No | 115 (5.5) | 1963 (94.5) | |
Religion | 0.000 | ||
Christian | 320 (5.8) | 5174 (94.2) | |
Non-Christian | 19 (2.5) | 755 (97.5) | |
Mother's education level | 0.000 | ||
Primary or no formal education | 72 (1.9) | 3664 (98.1) | |
Secondary | 206 (8.9) | 2110 (91.1) | |
Higher | 62 (28.6) | 155 (71.4) | |
Covered by health insurance | 0.000 | ||
Yes | 44 (34.4) | 84 (65.6) | |
No | 295 (4.8) | 5845 (95.2) | |
Number of living children | 0.000 | ||
Less than 3 | 274 (8.2) | 3072 (91.8) | |
3–4 | 52 (3.0) | 1663 (97.0) | |
5 and above | 14 (1.2) | 1194 (98.8) | |
Number of antenatal visits | 0.000 | ||
Less than 4 | 35 (2.2) | 1579 (97.8) | |
4–8 | 201 (6.8) | 2758 (93.2) | |
9 and above | 57 (20.0) | 228 (80.0) | |
Don't know/missing | 45 (3.2) | 1364 (96.8) | |
Type of facility | 0.000 | ||
Public | 213 (10.9) | 1735 (89.1) | |
Private | 70 (27.2) | 187 (72.8) | |
Home/others | 55 (1.4) | 4007 (98.6) | |
Baby’s birth weight | 0.000 | ||
Average | 157 (4.7) | 3157 (95.3) | |
Low birth weight | 95 (5.9) | 1511 (94.1) | |
High birth weight | 87 (6.5) | 1261 (93.5) | |
Total | 339 (5.4) | 5929 (94.6) | |