Table 2 Proportion of skilled assistance and unadjusted binary logistic regression coefficients showing bivariate relationships, Rural Nigeria, 2013

 None^RC

9.1

–

–

 Primary

35.0

1.684*

1.476–1.891

 Secondary

58.8

2.658*

2.450–2.866

 Higher

87.0

4.205*

3.728–4.683

 Primiparity^RC

29.9

–

–

 Multiparity

25.3

−0.230**

−0.370, −0.091

 Grandmultiparity

18.9

−0.604*

−0.746, −0.462

 14 or less^RC

14.6

–

–

 15–19

17.7

0.232**

0.036–0.428

 20–24

33.5

1.080*

0.865–1.294

 25 +

45.0

1.566*

1.278–1.855

Employment status

 Unemployed^RC

16.8

–

–

 Employed

26.7

0.591*

0.411–0.770

Religion

 Christianity^RC

51.3

–

–

 Islam

11.9

−2.053*

−2.280, −1.825

 Others

20.8

−1.388*

−2.002, −0.774

 No participation^RC

16.3

–

–

 Participation

41.4

1.287*

1.124–1.451

 No access^RC

12.9

–

–

 Moderate access

20.5

0.556*

0.341–0.770

 High access

39.5

1.487*

1.298–1.676

 None/animal cart^RC

21.6

–

–

 Boat/canoe

15.2

−0.430

−0.955, 0.094

 Bicycle

15.3

−0.423**

−0.682, − 0.164

 Motorcycle/scooter

25.4

0.211**

0.030–0.391

 Car/truck

47.0

1.167*

0.887–1.447

 Poorest

4.8

–

–

 Poorer

16.1

1.333*

1.081–1.586

 Middle

38.4

2.509*

2.235–2.782

 Richer

58.3

3.317*

3.011–3.622

 Richest

78.2

4.258*

3.834–4.682

 No visit

5.6

–

–

 1–3 visits

22.4

1.583*

1.352–1.814

 4 or more visits

47.1

2.711*

2.496–2.925

 1st trimester

51.9

–

–

 2nd trimester

37.7

−0.576*

−0.745, −0.408

 3rd trimester

4.8

−3.066*

−3.297, −2.835

 Low

36.1

–

–

 Medium

16.5

−1.051*

−1.398, −0.704

 High

15.2

−1.150*

−1.524, −0.776

 Low

56.5

–

–

 Medium

17.0

−1.850*

−2.128, − 1.573

 High

3.9

−3.462*

−3.772, − 3.153

 Low

52.9

–

–

 Medium

18.4

−1.606*

− 1.903, − 1.309

 High

3.9

−3.315*

−3.627, − 3.004

 Low

22.0

–

–

 Medium

23.3

0.074

−0.286, 0.434

 High

24.7

0.152

−0.216, 0.520

 Low

13.1

–

–

 High

34.3

1.244*

0.936–1.552

 Northern region

14.8

–

–

 Southern region

60.6

2.180*

1.891–2.470