Variables [units]
|
All deliveriesa
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Home deliveriesa
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Facility deliveriesa
|
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Any type
|
Public
|
NGO
|
Private
|
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Travel time [min]
|
To nearest public facility
|
15.6
|
16.4
|
15.3**
|
14.9**
|
16.5
|
14.0*
|
To nearest NGO facility
|
15.0
|
15.6
|
14.6***
|
14.5
|
13.7**
|
14.5
|
To nearest private facility
|
11.0
|
11.6
|
10.2***
|
10.8
|
10.7
|
8.3***
|
Sociocultural factors
|
Age [years]
|
24.9 (15–45)b
|
24.9
|
24.8
|
25.4
|
24.1
|
25.4
|
Age at first birth [years]
|
19.4 (12–35)b
|
18.7
|
20.3***
|
20.7***
|
19.3
|
21.4***
|
Religion [%]
|
83.7
|
90.5
|
73.2***
|
74.2***
|
75.9***
|
67.3***
|
Mother’s education [%]
|
68.3
|
57.0
|
82.9***
|
79.6***
|
80.5***
|
92.7***
|
Perceived benefit/need
|
Access to media [%]
|
85.0
|
81.9
|
88.9**
|
87.1
|
87.4
|
94.5**
|
Pregnancy wanted [%]
|
63.0
|
61.6
|
64.4
|
71.0
|
51.7*
|
74.5*
|
Antenatal care use [%]
|
82.2
|
72.0
|
95.0***
|
96.8***
|
90.8***
|
100.0***
|
Birth order [#]
|
2.3 (0–8)b
|
2.5
|
1.86***
|
1.8***
|
2.1
|
1.6***
|
Previous stillbirth [%]
|
9.5
|
8.8
|
11.0
|
8.6
|
11.5
|
12.7
|
Economic accessibility
|
Per-capita income [1000BDT]
|
2.3 (0.1–17)b
|
1.9
|
2.7***
|
2.9***
|
2.3**
|
3.0***
|
[US$]
|
29.7 (0.8–215)b
|
24.5
|
34.8***
|
37.4***
|
29.6***
|
38.7***
|
Mother’s occupation [%]
|
12.3
|
11.0
|
14.0
|
18.5*
|
10.3
|
12.7
|
Delivery Service Use
| |
56.5
|
43.5
|
17.2
|
16.1
|
10.2
|
Sample size: 514 mothers
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- Bold text indicate values statistically significant to better than p < 0.1
- * p < 0.1; ** p < 0.05; *** p < 0.01, ANalysis Of VAriance (ANOVA) p-values indicating whether the mean values for each delivery group are statistically different (higher or lower) relatively to the home delivery group
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aAverage values of each respective variable in each delivery group
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bFor numerical variables, the range of values in the sample is also indicated
- Reference categories: Mother’s occupation - participated in wage employment in the 4 weeks previous to survey (1), 0 otherwise; Mother’s education - received any (1) or no (0) formal education in school or madrasa; Religion - Muslim (1), all other religions (0); Access to media - daily, weekly or infrequent access to at least one media channel (either newspaper, radio or television) (1), 0 otherwise; Antenatal care use - received at least one check-up during pregnancy (1), 0 otherwise; Previous still birth and pregnancy wanted - positive (1) or negative (0) answers