Table 2 Relationship between correlates and place of delivery in nine Sub-Saharan Africa
Variable | Place of delivery | Total | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Home | Institutional delivery | |||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Residence | ||||
Urban | 823(10.2) | 8252(36.3) | 9075(29) | < 0.001 |
Rural | 7,211(89.8) | 14,501(63.7) | 21,712(71) | |
Women education | ||||
No education | 4048(50.4) | 4545(20.0) | 8593(28) | < 0.001 |
Primary | 3113(38.7) | 10,187(44.8) | 13,300(43) | |
Secondary and above | 873(10.9) | 8021(35.2) | 8894(29) | |
Age of women in years | ||||
15–24 | 1981(24.7) | 6539(28.7) | 8520(28) | < 0.001 |
25–34 | 3840(47.8) | 10,986(48.3) | 14,826(48) | |
35–49 | 2213(27.5) | 5228(23.0) | 7441(24) | |
Number of living children | ||||
0–4 | 4930(61.4) | 17,834(78.4) | 22,764(74) | < 0.001 |
Five and above | 3104(38.6) | 4919(21.6) | 8023(26) | |
Women occupation | ||||
No | 3451(43.0) | 7722(34.0) | 11,173(36) | < 0.001 |
Yes | 4583(57.0) | 15,031(56.0) | 19,614(64) | |
Sex of household head | ||||
Male | 6488(80.8) | 17,227(75.7) | 23,715(77) | < 0.001 |
Female | 1546(19.2) | 5526(24.3) | 7072(23) | |
Wealth index | ||||
Poor | 5637(70.2) | 9233(40.6) | 14,870(48) | < 0.001 |
Middle | 1377(17.1) | 4607(20.2) | 5984(19) | |
Rich | 1020(12.7) | 8913(39.2) | 9933(32) | |
Number of ANC visit | ||||
No antenatal visits | 2884(36.0) | 3193(14.0) | 6077(20) | < 0.001 |
1–3 | 2725(33.9) | 7,469(32.8) | 10,194(33) | |
4 and above | 2425(30.1) | 12,091(53.2) | 14,516(47) | |
Husbands education | ||||
No education | 3644(45.4) | 6382(28.0) | 10,026(33) | < 0.001 |
Primary | 2788(34.7) | 7939(35.0) | 10,727(35) | |
Secondary and above | 1602(19.9) | 8432(37.0) | 10,034(32) | |
Distance to a health facility | ||||
Big problem | 5280(65.7) | 12,503(55.0) | 17,783(58) | < 0.001 |
Not a big problem | 2754(34.3) | 10,250(45.0) | 13,004(42) | |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 6311(78.6) | 15,436(67.8) | 21,747(71) | < 0.001 |
Others* | 1723(21.4) | 7317(32.2) | 9040(29) | |
Media exposure | ||||
Not exposed | 4494(56.0) | 8251(36.3) | 12,745(41) | < 0.001 |
Exposed to mass media | 3540(44.0) | 14,501(63.7) | 18,041(59) | |