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Table 2 Percentage of women delivering in public and private facilities reporting receiving each component of immediate postpartum care and all components, by type of residence, household wealth and type of delivery on the 2014 Egypt DHS

From: Childbirth care in Egypt: a repeat cross-sectional analysis using Demographic and Health Surveys between 1995 and 2014 examining use of care, provider mix and immediate postpartum care content

 

Baby breastfed in < 1 h

Baby weighed

Mother checked before discharge

Minimum acceptable lentgh of stay

All four components

Public

Private

p-value

Public

Private

p-value

Public

Private

p-value

Public

Private

p-value

Public

Private

p-value

Type of residence

 Urban

26%

23%

0.121

68%

75%

0.002

93%

95%

0.029

14%

6%

< 0.001

2%

1%

0.213

 Rural

31%

25%

< 0.001

57%

66%

< 0.001

87%

91%

< 0.001

14%

5%

< 0.001

3%

1%

< 0.001

Household wealth

 Poorer

30%

23%

0.002

52%

59%

0.002

85%

89%

0.002

16%

5%

< 0.001

2%

1%

< 0.001

 Wealthier

26%

23%

0.127

71%

75%

0.017

93%

95%

0.019

13%

6%

< 0.001

2%

1%

0.090

Type of delivery

 Vaginal

40%

36%

0.045

55%

63%

< 0.001

84%

85%

0.703

18%

11%

< 0.001

4%

2%

0.009

 C-section

17%

19%

0.395

69%

71%

0.067

95%

96%

0.284

9%

2%

< 0.001

1%

0%

0.001

All women

29%

24%

< 0.001

62%

69%

< 0.001

89%

92%

< 0.001

14%

5%

< 0.001

2%

1%

< 0.001