A comparison of practices, distributions and determinants of birth attendance in two divisions with highest and lowest skilled delivery attendance in Bangladesh

Table 1 Weighted percentage distribution of deliveries by skilled birth attendants (SBAs), with selected background characteristics, in Khulna and Sylhet Division, Bangladesh

Characteristics	Khulna Division’s SBA attendance			Sylhet Division’s SBA attendance
Characteristics	No (%)^a	Yes (%)^a	Total (n)^b	No (%)^a	Yes (%)^a	Total (n)^b
Current age (years)
15–24	42.0	58.0	216	71.6	28.4	245
25–34	41.4	58.6	154	69.7	30.3	182
35–49	32.1	67.9	14	90.6	9.4	42
Parity
1	35.4	64.6	152	64.6	35.4	152
≥ 2	45.3	54.6	232	76.4	23.6	317
Education level of women
No formal	45.6	54.3	27	89.9	10.1	110
Primary	56.1	43.9	91	80.8	19.2	183
Secondary	39.2	60.7	219	57.0	43.0	154
College or above	20.3	79.7	47	28.3	71.7	22
Occupation of the women
Not working	39.9	60.1	296	71.9	28.1	407
Working	46.3	53.6	88	76.9	23.1	62
Birth interval (years)
0–2	49.1	50.9	29	81.4	18.6	78
≥ 3	40.8	59.2	355	70.8	29.2	391
Known pregnancy complications
No	44.4	55.6	234	77.4	22.6	346
Yes	36.7	63.3	150	58.9	41.1	123
Receiving ANC by skilled provider
No	66.1	33.9	68	90.6	9.4	194
Yes	36.1	63.9	316	59.9	40.1	275
Receiving visit by a family planning worker
No	40.4	59.6	277	76.6	23.4	365
Yes	43.8	56.1	107	58.5	41.5	104
Education level of husbands of the women
No formal	53.3	46.7	66	82.6	17.3	168
Primary	47.9	52.1	119	77.8	22.2	182
Secondary	40.4	59.6	143	52.3	47.7	84
Higher	15.8	84.2	56	45.8	54.2	35
Religion
Islam	41.6	58.4	335	73.4	26.6	422
Others	40.0	60.0	49	65.0	35.0	47
Place of residence
Urban	26.2	73.8	91	56.1	43.9	72
Rural	46.1	53.9	293	75.6	24.4	397
Wealth quintile
Poorest	69.7	30.3	75	88.9	11.0	158
Poorer	48.7	51.3	79	83.9	16.1	106
Middle	41.3	58.7	84	68.1	31.9	74
Richer	23.7	76.3	83	54.1	45.9	73
Richest	21.6	78.4	62	36.5	63.5	58