Table 3 Uptake of antenatal care, delivery care and caesarean sections of women in Sichuan Province (2003, 2008, 2013 National Health Service Surveys)

Ethnicity and place of residence

Han districts

804

73.9

1.00

1.00

90.7

1.00

1.00

49.1

1.00

1.00

Han counties

398

48.4

0.75^* (0.57-0.99)

0.82 (0.66-1.03)

83.3

0.93 (0.75-1.15)

1.05 (0.93-1.20)

39.7

0.73^* (0.54-0.98)

0.92 (0.72-1.16)

Ethnic minority counties

Han women

81

32.5

0.60 (0.29-1.24)

0.66 (0.35-1.25)

53.8

0.57^* (0.36-0.93)

0.79 (0.62-1.00)

20.4

0.39^* (0.20-0.77)

0.57^* (0.36-0.90)

Ethnic minority counties

Ethnic minority women

471

10.8

0.13^* (0.09-0.18)

0.22^* (0.10-0.49)

13.5

0.18^* (0.06-0.57)

0.45^* (0.27-0.70)

1.7

0.04^* (0.02-0.10)

0.12^* (0.06-0.25)

Year

528

30.0

1.00

1.00

42.1

1.00

1.00

11.3

1.00

1.00

431

33.2

1.02 (0.70-1.48)

0.99 (0.70-1.38)

61.3

1.45^* (1.18-1.77)

1.36^* (1.12-1.60)

28.8

2.55^* (1.85-3.50)

2.33^* (1.72-3.16)

795

44.8

1.75^* (1.17-2.61)

1.26 (0.89-1.79)

60.1

1.40 ^* (1.09-1.80)

1.32^* (1.08-1.60)

31.8

3.06^* (1.63-5.74)

2.37^* (1.79-3.14)

Women’s education^c

397

9.5

1.00

1.00

9.7

1.00

1.00

1.7

1.00

1.00

352

24.5

2.13^* (1.45-3.12)

1.57^* (1.17-2.12)

50.3

3.42^* (1.85-6.31)

2.5^* (1.56-4.00)

15.6

6.45^* (1.7-24.44)

2.55^* (0.82-7.89)

736

59.0

3.88^* (2.78-5.42)

2.35^* (1.6-3.46)

87.8

4.52^* (2.04-10.05)

2.83^* (1.71-4.70)

44.2

13.14^* (3.75-46.09)

3.98^* (1.42-11.19)

268

86.0

4.87^* (3.48-6.80)

2.55^* (1.74-3.73)

97.8

4.82^* (2.09-11.15)

2.83^* (1.72-4.70)

57.7

15.34^* (4.37-53.94)

4.24^* (1.49-12.07)

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Per capita income^e

465

12.7

1.00

-

26.7

1.00

-

9.7

1.00

-

423

35.3

2.01^* (1.22-3.29)

-

47.7

1.25^* (1.06-1.49)

-

20.8

1.35 (1.00-1.83)

-

435

54.4

2.11^* (1.43-3.13)

-

78.9

1.37^* (1.07-1.75)

-

34.6

1.34 (0.97-1.84)

-

431

70.8

2.22^* (1.51-3.26)

-

94.9

1.43^* (1.11-1.86)

-

52.9

1.60^* (1.13-2.28)

-

Women’s age^e

417

38.0

1.00

-

53.9

1.00

-

22.1

1.00

-

1044

40.4

0.88 (0.76-1.03)

-

55.5

0.89^* (0.83-0.95)

-

24.8

0.94 (0.82-1.08)

-

293

30.1

0.66^* (0.49-0.9)

-

57.9

0.91^* (0.84-0.99)

-

32.6

1.16 (0.94-1.43)

-

Parity^c

948

54.5

1.00

1.00

73.9

1.00

1.00

35.1

1.00

-

590

30.8

0.73^* (0.63-0.84)

0.80^* (0.70-0.91)

51.9

0.88^* (0.79-0.97)

0.89 (0.81-1.00)

23.0

0.89 (0.76-1.04)

-

215

9.3

0.42^* (0.27-0.65)

0.54^* (0.41-0.72)

14.0

0.49^* (0.32-0.75)

0.64 (0.49-0.8)

5.4

0.61 (0.36-1.04)

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Distance to community/township level hospital (km)

569

46.4

1.00

-

64.9

1.00

-

34.1

1.00

-

361

62.6

1.31 (0.86-1.99)

-

78.3

0.94 (0.83-1.06)

-

38.8

1.22 (0.90-1.66)

-

431

30.3

0.86 (0.63-1.19)

-

60.4

1.00 (0.82-1.21)

-

23.2

0.92 (0.67-1.27)

-

393

20.8

0.83 (0.56-1.23)

-

27.7

0.68^* (0.49-0.94)

-

10.6

0.58^* (0.37-0.91)

-

Distance to district/county level hospital (km)

430

72.8

1.00

1.00

91.7

1.00

1.00

54.6

1.00

1.00

399

53.7

0.87 (0.71-1.08)

0.93 (0.77-1.14)

86.5

0.94 (0.84-1.04)

1.00 (0.88-1.20)

37.6

0.86 (0.67-1.11)

0.80 (0.64-1.00)

482

34.8

0.69^* (0.57-0.84)

0.84 (0.68-1.04)

64.0

0.85 (0.73-1.00)

0.87 (0.75-1.00)

26.4

0.70^* (0.55-0.88)

0.72^* (0.59-0.87)

443

16.4

0.58 (0.27-1.27)

0.91 (0.57-1.46)

16.6

0.33^* (0.20-0.54)

0.55^* (0.34-0.90)

5.2

0.19^* (0.12-0.29)

0.51^* (0.27-0.98)

All

1754

59.9

-

-

76.6

-

-

36.4

-

-