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Table 6 Estimated risks of any sub-standard care/delay in obstetric care according to some socio-demographic characteristics

From: Delays in receiving obstetric care and poor maternal outcomes: results from a national multicentre cross-sectional study

Characteristics

User factors

Health service accessibility

Quality of medical care

Any delay (%)

PRadj

CI 95%

 

%

%

%

Yes

No

  

Age

       

< 19

15.6

19.9

18.3

19.1

16.3

1.09

1.02-1.15

20-29

50.3

47.2

47.5

47.3

48.4

ref

 

30-39

28.5

27.5

29.8

28.5

30.7

0.98

0.92-1.03

≥40

5.6

5.3

4.5

5.1

4.6

1.06

0.96-1.16

Total (n)

(853)

(2906)

(2309)

(4687)

(4029)

  

p-value*

0.395

<0.001

0.758

0.008

  

Maternal ethnicity

       

White

39.0

36.6

36.2

38.1

48.0

Ref

 

Non-white

61.0

63.4

63.8

61.9

52.0

1.22

1.07-1.39

Total (n)

(671)

(2258)

(1716)

(3550)

(3273)

  

p-value*

0.514

0.002

0.204

0.006

  

Educational level

       

Basic

51.1

54.2

45.0

50.7

42.5

1.45

1.15-1.84

High-school

45.3

42.6

48.9

44.9

50.0

1.27

1.04-1.56

College

3.6

3.1

6.1

4.3

7.5

ref

 

Total (n)

(591)

(2289)

(1551)

(3415)

(3087)

  

p-value*

0.141

<0.001

0.804

<0.001

  

Marital status

       

Cohabitating

51.6

48.3

57.2

52.1

55.7

ref

 

No cohabitating

48.4

51.7

42.8

47.9

44.3

1.07

0.95-1.21

Total (n)

(703)

(2503)

(1846)

(3903)

(3578)

  

p-value*

0.491

0.003

0.433

0.242

  

Insurance for hospitalization

       

Public

99.5

99.8

99.2

99.4

98.1

1.98

1.40-2.79

Private/Insurance

0.5

0.2

0.8

0.6

1.9

ref

 

Total (n)

(853)

(2902)

(2307)

(4682)

(4026)

  

p-value*

0.027

<0.001

0.139

<0.001

  
  1. *Chi-square test considering the cluster design PRadj: Prevalence Ratio adjusted for cluster effect.
  2. Values in bold mean they are statistically significant.