Table 2 Predictors of using facility delivery services in Gambia

Age (15–19)

1

1

1

20–24

0.641^** [0.478,0.859]

0.514 [0.219,1.210]

0.660^** [0.481,0.905]

25–29

0.496^*** [0.371,0.663]

0.507 [0.218,1.182]

0.477^*** [0.348,0.652]

30–34

0.553^*** [0.409,0.749]

0.655 [0.275,1.557]

0.505^*** [0.363,0.703]

35–39

0.689^* [0.491,0.965]

0.661 [0.267,1.633]

0.667^* [0.460,0.968]

40–44

0.999 [0.678,1.471]

1.112 [0.387,3.190]

0.917 [0.602,1.398]

45–49

1.109 [0.674,1.825]

0.939 [0.259,3.402]

1.090 [0.636,1.867]

Residency (Urban)

1

Rural

0.299^*** [0.238,0.375]

Education (No Education)

1

1

1

Primary

1.119 [0.924,1.355]

1.199 [0.780,1.845]

1.089 [0.877,1.353]

Secondary

1.657^*** [1.337,2.053]

1.267 [0.862,1.862]

1.830^*** [1.412,2.373]

Higher

2.451^* [1.166,5.150]

1.364 [0.576,3.232]

6.380^* [1.420,28.67]

Husband’s education (No Education)

1

1

1

Incomplete Primary

1.031 [0.771,1.379]

1.110 [0.642,1.917]

0.949 [0.666,1.351]

Incomplete Secondary

1.485^*** [1.219,1.808]

1.536^* [1.064,2.218]

1.449^** [1.145,1.835]

Higher

1.628^** [1.136,2.333]

1.644 [0.888,3.042]

1.612^* [1.033,2.514]

Employment (Not Working)

1

1

1

Professional/Technical/Managerial

0.981 [0.809,1.189]

0.903 [0.657,1.240]

1.022 [0.797,1.312]

Agricultural - Self Employed

0.478^*** [0.408,0.560]

0.577^* [0.353,0.945]

0.477^*** [0.402,0.567]

Wealth quintile (Poorest)

1

1

1

Poorer

0.948 [0.799,1.125]

1.177 [0.565,2.451]

0.946 [0.793,1.129]

Middle

0.789^* [0.655,0.951]

0.922 [0.512,1.659]

0.795^* [0.651,0.972]

Richer

1.090 [0.839,1.416]

1.596 [0.912,2.793]

0.812 [0.562,1.173]

Richest

2.239^*** [1.525,3.289]

2.822^*** [1.528,5.212]

6.782^* [1.439,31.96]

Has media access (No)

1

1

1

Yes

1.487^*** [1.225,1.806]

1.135 [0.617,2.087]

1.480^*** [1.201,1.824]

Religion (Islam)

1

1

1

Other

0.988 [0.521,1.872]

0.666 [0.241,1.843]

1.231 [0.567,2.673]

Ethnicity (Mandinka/Jahanka)

1

1

1

Wollof

1.051 [0.848,1.303]

2.477^** [1.366,4.489]

0.899 [0.704,1.148]

Jola/Karoninka

1.465^* [1.079,1.988]

1.204 [0.720,2.014]

1.650^** [1.136,2.397]

Fula/Tukulur/Lorobo

0.965 [0.814,1.145]

1.051 [0.704,1.567]

0.951 [0.785,1.151]

Serahuleh

0.944 [0.726,1.228]

1.073 [0.527,2.185]

0.906 [0.679,1.208]

Other

1.198 [0.929,1.544]

1.288 [0.848,1.956]

1.142 [0.822,1.585]

Parity (1–5)

1

1

1

> 5

0.854 [0.700,1.043]

0.552^** [0.356,0.854]

0.961 [0.767,1.204]

Household head’s sex (Male)

1

1

1

Female

1.174 [0.956,1.441]

1.032 [0.737,1.445]

1.207 [0.928,1.570]

Child wantedness (Wanted Then)

1

1

1

Wanted No More

0.838 [0.690,1.018]

0.903 [0.603,1.351]

0.819 [0.654,1.026]

Antenatal Visits (< 4)

1

1

1

4 or more

1.371^*** [1.169,1.608]

1.619^** [1.172,2.237]

1.291^** [1.075,1.550]