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Table 3 Coverage of respectful maternity care by socio-economic characteristics, EN-BIRTH study (n = 4296)

From: Respectful maternal and newborn care: measurement in one EN-BIRTH study hospital in Nepal

  

Health service met religious and cultural birthing practice needs

Woman was satisfied with privacy during her stay at the hospital

Baby kept in skin-to-skin contact with mother immediately after birth

n

3252 (95% CI)

3622 (95% CI)

803 (95% CI)

Woman’s age

 < 20 yrs

563

92.4 (89.9, 94.3)

88.1 (85.2, 90.5)

16.7 (13.8, 20.0)

 20–29 yrs

3149

85.9 (84.6, 87.0)

82.9 (81.6, 84.2)

19.9 (18.6, 21.4)

 ≥ 30 yrs

584

88.5 (85.7, 90.9)

88.7 (85.9, 91.0)

14.2 (11.6, 17.3)

Ethnicity

 Advantaged

2094

88.6 (87.2, 89.9)

86.3 (84.8, 87.8)

17.2 (15.6, 18.9)

 Disadvantaged

2202

85.6 (84.1, 87.0)

82.5 (80.9, 84.1)

20.2 (18.6, 21.9)

Mode of birth

 Vaginal birth (spontaneous, vacuum, forceps)

3694

85.2 (84.0, 86.3)

82.2 (80.9, 83.4)

21.7 (20.4, 23.1)

 Caesarean birth

602

98.3% (96.9–99.1)

97.3% (92.2–100.0)

0.5% (0.2–1.5)

Parity

 No previous birth

619

94.5 (92.4, 96.1)

92.4 (90.0, 94.3)

9.9 (7.7, 12.5)

 1 previous birth

1924

87.5 (85.9, 88.9)

83.0 (81.2, 84.6)

19.7 (18.0, 21.5)

 2 or more previous births

1753

84.0 (82.2, 85.7)

83.1 (81.3, 84.8)

20.8 (19.0, 22.8)

Sex of baby

 Male

2350

87.8 (86.4, 89.1)

85.1 (83.6, 86.5)

17.8 (16.3, 19.4)

 Female

1946

86.2 (84.6, 87.7)

83.6 (81.8, 85.1)

19.8 (18.1, 21.7)

  1. Ethnic groups with socio-economic advantages include Chettri/Brahmin and other; disadvantaged ethnic groups include Dalit, Janjati, Madeshi, Muslim