Table 3 Association between place of delivery and variables related to the child delivery place
Variables | Delivery in health facility | Home delivery | Chi-square (p-value) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | ||
Age (Years) | |||||
15–24 | 503 | 60.0 | 336 | 40.0 | 9.799* (0.020) |
25–34 | 498 | 67.4 | 241 | 32.6 | |
35–44 | 76 | 65.0 | 41 | 35.0 | |
45 or more | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 50.0 | |
Division | |||||
Rangpur | 116 | 71.2 | 47 | 28.8 | 47.265*** (< 0.001) |
Dhaka | 286 | 69.2 | 127 | 30.8 | |
Barisal | 85 | 53.1 | 75 | 46.9 | |
Khulna | 136 | 72.3 | 52 | 27.7 | |
Mymensingh | 95 | 61.7 | 59 | 38.3 | |
Rajshahi | 110 | 71.0 | 45 | 29.0 | |
Chittagong | 138 | 52.1 | 127 | 47.9 | |
Sylhet | 113 | 56.2 | 88 | 43.8 | |
Religion | |||||
Islam | 982 | 63.0 | 577 | 37.0 | 22.374** (0.001) |
Hinduism | 94 | 75.8 | 30 | 24.2 | |
Buddhism | 1 | 12.5 | 7 | 87.5 | |
Christianity | 2 | 25.0 | 6 | 75.0 | |
Education | |||||
Not educated | 33 | 33.7 | 65 | 66.3 | 258.560*** (< 0.001) |
Primary | 167 | 40.5 | 245 | 59.5 | |
Secondary | 486 | 64.9 | 263 | 35.1 | |
Higher | 393 | 89.3 | 47 | 10.7 | |
Husband’s education | |||||
Not educated | 69 | 40.6 | 101 | 59.4 | 206.731 (< 0.001***) |
Primary | 231 | 46.8 | 263 | 53.2 | |
Secondary | 368 | 65.8 | 191 | 34.2 | |
Higher | 411 | 86.3 | 65 | 13.7 | |
Sex of household head | |||||
Male | 970 | 62.8 | 575 | 37.2 | 3.863* (0.049) |
Female | 109 | 70.8 | 45 | 29.2 | |
Health related decisions | |||||
Respondent alone | 91 | 63.2 | 53 | 36.8 | 3.13 (0.210) |
Respondent with others | 751 | 64.8 | 408 | 35.2 | |
Others at home | 237 | 59.8 | 159 | 40.2 | |
Respondent’s employment | |||||
Unemployed | 807 | 67.3 | 393 | 32.3 | 24.687*** (< 0.001) |
Employed | 272 | 54.5 | 227 | 45.5 | |
Parity | |||||
≤ 2 | 1045 | 62.9 | 616 | 37.1 | 11.308** (0.001) |
3 or more | 34 | 89.5 | 4 | 10.5 | |
Wealth index | |||||
Poorest | 37 | 20.0 | 148 | 80.0 | 302.301*** (< 0.001) |
Poorer | 68 | 48.6 | 72 | 51.4 | |
Middle | 119 | 51.5 | 112 | 48.5 | |
Richer | 269 | 60.9 | 173 | 39.1 | |
Richest | 586 | 83.6 | 115 | 16.4 | |
ANC visits | |||||
0 | 10 | 11.6 | 76 | 88.4 | 276.580*** (< 0.001) |
1 | 59 | 38.3 | 95 | 61.7 | |
2 | 93 | 42.9 | 124 | 57.1 | |
3 | 141 | 60.0 | 94 | 40.0 | |
4 | 139 | 66.2 | 71 | 33.8 | |
5 or more | 637 | 79.9 | 160 | 20.1 | |
Distance to health facilities | |||||
Big problem | 291 | 52.2 | 266 | 47.8 | 45.365*** (< 0.001) |
Not a big problem | 788 | 69.0 | 354 | 31.0 | |
Read newspaper | |||||
Less than once a week | 816 | 58.5 | 580 | 41.5 | 93.314*** (< 0.001) |
At least once a week | 148 | 80.9 | 35 | 19.1 | |
Almost everyday | 115 | 95.8 | 5 | 4.2 | |
Watch TV | |||||
Less than once a week | 166 | 40.0 | 249 | 60.0 | 141.583*** (< 0.001) |
At least once a week | 67 | 57.3 | 50 | 42.7 | |
Almost everyday | 846 | 72.5 | 321 | 27.5 | |
No. of children | |||||
0 | 14 | 73.7 | 5 | 26.3 | 66.961*** (< 0.001) |
1 | 502 | 69.8 | 217 | 30.2 | |
2 | 373 | 64.2 | 208 | 35.8 | |
3 | 151 | 57.2 | 113 | 42.8 | |
4 | 31 | 39.2 | 48 | 60.8 | |
5 | 6 | 28.6 | 15 | 71.4 | |
6 or more | 2 | 12.5 | 14 | 87.5 | |