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Table 2 Women’s autonomy, maternal childbearing practices and antenatal care among Bangladeshi women, BDHS 2011 (n = 327)

From: Maternal autonomy and high-risk pregnancy in Bangladesh: the mediating influences of childbearing practices and antenatal care

Autonomy and mediating factors

Percentage of women

Autonomy of women

  Decision-making autonomy

    No autonomy

38.5

    Autonomous

61.5

  Autonomy in physical mobility

    No autonomy

45.6

    Autonomous

54.4

  Economic autonomy

    No autonomy

86.2

    Autonomous

13.8

Maternal childbearing practices

  Maternal age

    Low-risk (20 to 34 years)

65.5

    High-risk (< 20 years and/or > 34 years)

34.5

  Parity

    Low-risk (1–3 births)

75.8

    High-risk (> 3 births)

24.2

  Birth interval

    Low-risk (> 18 months)

57.5

    High-risk (< 18 months)

42.5

Antenatal care visits

  No sufficient (< 3 ANC visits)

49.8

  Sufficient (≥ 3 ANC visits)

50.2