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Table 3 Percent distribution of newborns delivered at home and in a health facility by timing of the postnatal checkups according to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, 2013-14 ZDHS

From: Factors associated with postnatal care for newborns in Zambia: analysis of the 2013-14 Zambia demographic and health survey

Variable

Home births

Facility births

None

Within 48 hours

After 48 hours

p-value

None

Within 48 hours

After 48 hours

p-value

%

CI

%

CI

%

CI

%

CI

%

CI

%

CI

Mother’s age at birth

 <20

58.1

[49.6,66.1]

5.8

[3.2,10.2]

36.1

[28.4,44.5]

0.283

44.3

[39.5,49.1]

18.7

[15.3,22.8]

37.0

[32.6,41.6]

0.682

 20-34

50.4

[46.5,54.2]

9.3

[7.3,11.8]

40.3

[36.8,44.0]

41.5

[38.3,44.7]

19.5

[17.4,21.9]

39.0

[36.0,42.1]

 35+

52.3

[45.4,59.2]

6.6

[4.0,10.8]

41.0

[34.7,47.7]

44.2

[38.2,50.4]

17.0

[13.1,22.0]

38.7

[32.9,44.8]

Birth Order

 1st

50.8

[42.1,59.5]

10.4

[5.9,17.7]

38.8

[30.7,47.5]

0.911

42.4

[38.0,47.0]

21.4

[17.9,25.3]

36.2

[32.2,40.4]

0.596

 2nd

55.0

[47.0,62.8]

6.4

[3.6,11.2]

38.6

[31.0,46.7]

41.8

[36.8,47.0]

19.9

[16.4,24.0]

38.2

[33.4,43.4]

 3rd

50.6

[42.9,58.3]

9.2

[5.7,14.6]

40.2

[33.0,47.8]

41.9

[36.7,47.3]

17.5

[13.6,22.3]

40.6

[35.1,46.3]

 4th or more

51.5

[46.9,56.0]

8.1

[6.3,10.5]

40.4

[36.1,44.9]

42.8

[39.0,46.6]

17.8

[15.3,20.6]

39.4

[35.9,43.0]

Perceived Size at Birth

 Small

57.4

[49.4,65.0]

5.3

[2.6,10.5]

37.3

[29.9,45.3]

0.375

43.2

[37.2,49.4]

25.8

[20.2,32.3]

31.0

[25.5,37.2]

0.069

 Average

49.6

[44.9,54.3]

9.0

[6.9,11.6]

41.4

[37.1,45.8]

42.6

[39.3,45.9]

17.8

[15.5,20.5]

39.6

[36.6,42.7]

 Large

54.1

[47.5,60.6]

8.1

[5.4,12.1]

37.8

[31.9,44.0]

41.8

[37.3,46.4]

19.1

[15.8,22.9]

39.1

[34.5,43.9]

Type of Residence

 Urban

43.3

[34.9,52.1]

15.0

[8.9,24.1]

41.7

[33.7,50.2]

0.019

38.3

[33.4,43.4]

21.2

[17.8,25.1]

40.5

[36.1,45.1]

0.041

 Rural

52.7

[49.0,56.4]

7.6

[6.0,9.5]

39.7

[36.3,43.2]

45.4

[42.0,48.8]

17.5

[15.2,20.0]

37.2

[33.8,40.6]

Highest Educational Level

 None

52.0

[44.7,59.2]

8.2

[5.0,13.2]

39.8

[32.5,47.7]

0.011

38.9

[32.7,45.6]

23.8

[18.4,30.2]

37.3

[30.9,44.2]

0.116

 Primary

52.9

[48.6,57.2]

6.6

[5.0,8.7]

40.5

[36.5,44.7]

41.4

[38.1,44.8]

17.9

[15.7,20.3]

40.7

[37.3,44.1]

 Secondary +

47.4

[40.4,54.5]

14.9

[10.5,20.7]

37.6

[30.8,45.0]

44.2

[39.9,48.7]

19.5

[16.6,22.8]

36.3

[32.7,40.0]

Wealth Index

 Poor

52.3

[48.3,56.3]

6.5

[5.0,8.5]

41.1

[37.3,45.0]

0.039

44.1

[40.6,47.5]

17.2

[14.8,20.0]

38.7

[35.3,42.2]

0.292

 Middle

49.5

[41.8,57.2]

11.6

[8.0,16.5]

38.9

[32.0,46.3]

44.5

[39.4,49.7]

18.7

[15.1,22.8]

36.8

[31.8,42.1]

 Rich

53.4

[43.4,63.1]

13.9

[7.8,23.4]

32.8

[24.7,42.0]

39.6

[34.7,44.8]

21.0

[17.6,25.0]

39.4

[35.0,43.8]

Women’s Employment Status

 Unemployed

50.9

[44.7,57.0]

10.9

[8.0,14.6]

38.3

[33.0,43.9]

0.140

41.1

[37.0,45.4]

18.3

[15.7,21.3]

40.5

[36.7,44.5]

0.294

 Employed

52.5

[48.0,57.0]

6.8

[5.1,9.0]

40.7

[36.4,45.1]

43.3

[40.0,46.7]

19.7

[17.2,22.5]

36.9

[33.7,40.2]

Media Access

 No access

58.0

[52.9,62.8]

5.5

[3.8,7.9]

36.6

[31.9,41.5]

0.001

46.8

[42.8,50.9]

16.5

[13.6,19.8]

36.7

[32.8,40.8]

0.027

 Access to media

46.6

[42.0,51.3]

10.6

[8.3,13.5]

42.7

[38.4,47.2]

40.7

[37.4,44.2]

20.0

[17.7,22.5]

39.3

[36.1,42.5]

ANC visits

 <4

54.5

[50.0,58.8]

7.2

[5.2,10.0]

38.3

[34.2,42.6]

0.143

42.6

[39.0,46.3]

18.6

[16.1,21.4]

38.8

[35.3,42.5]

0.884

 4+

48.7

[44.0,53.5]

9.5

[7.3,12.2]

41.8

[37.3,46.5]

42.2

[38.7,45.8]

19.4

[16.9,22.3]

38.4

[35.1,41.7]

Total

51.8

[48.3,55.3]

8.3

[6.7,10.1]

39.9

[36.7,43.2]

 

42.4

[39.5,45.3]

19.0

[17.1,21.2]

38.6

[35.9,41.3]