Socioeconomic and physical distance to the maternity hospital as predictors for place of delivery: an observation study from Nepal

Table 1 Proportion of mother's characteristics, family background and prevalence proportion ratios (PPR) according to home delivery.

Determinants	Place of Delivery		PPR	95%CI
	Home % (N = 152)	Hospital % (N = 156)
Age of mother
>29	21.8	15.5	1.1	0.6–1.4
19–28	67.8	77.4	1.0	0.5–1.1
<18	11.2	7.1	1.0
Age at menarche
>15	61.3	45.3	1.4	1.0–1.7
<14	38.7	54.7	1.0
Observe days of menarche as ritual
Observing	81.9	78.6	1.1	0.8–1.5
Not observe	18.1	21.4	1.0
Age at marriage
9–15	22.8	8.1	2.1	1.6–2.9
16–18	51.0	40.0	1.6	1.2–2.2
>19	26.2	51.0	1.0
Type of family
Nuclear	45.4	37.2	1.3	0.9–1.6
Joint	31.6	33.3	1.1	0.8–1.5
Extended	23.0	29.5	1.0
Size of family
2–5	26.3	30.1	0.9	0.7–1.2
>6	73.7	69.9	1.0
Head of household
Others	41.4	44.8	0.9	0.7–1.2
Husband	58.6	55.2	1.0
Parity
> 5	24.3	7.1	2.3	1.7–2.3
2–4	48.0	39.1	1.6	1.2–2.1
Primiparous	27.6	58.8	1.0
Antenatal care
No	38.9	5.1	2.3	1.9–2.8
Yes	61.1	94.9	1.0
Obstetric history*
Yes	23.0	11.5	0.6	0.3–1.2
No	77.0	88.5	1.0

* Primigravidae (N = 117) had been excluded as they had no stillbirth or dead child.

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