Early age at first childbirth and skilled birth attendance during delivery among young women in sub-Saharan Africa

Table 2 Distribution of skilled birth attendance during delivery by age at first birth and individual and contextual characteristics of young women in sub-Saharan Africa

Variables	Weighted N	Weighted %	Skilled birth attendance during delivery	p-value
Age at first birth				< 0.001
< 20 years	38,380	72.6	70.9
20-24 years	14,495	27.4	87.1
Level of education				< 0.001
No education	15,524	29.4	61.5
Primary	18,242	34.5	77.3
Secondary +	19,109	36.1	84.7
Marital status				< 0.001
Not married	7388	14.0	79.3
Married	31,805	60.2	72.9
Cohabiting	9627	18.2	80.6
Widowed	286	0.5	65.1
Divorced/separated	3769	7.1	75.4
Parity				< 0.001
One birth	23,989	45.4	79.3
Two births	17,940	33.9	75.1
Three births	7992	15.1	68.9
Four or more births	2954	5.6	62.3
Wealth index				< 0.001
Poorest	10,806	20.4	64.0
Poorer	11,619	22.0	71.1
Middle	10,788	20.4	75.9
Richer	10,749	20.3	81.3
Richest	8913	16.9	86.6
Mass media exposure				< 0.001
No	19,341	36.6	69.6
Yes	33,534	63.4	78.7
Sex of head of household				0.003
Male	40,940	77.4	74.9
Female	11,935	22.6	76.8
Religion				< 0.001
Christianity	33,242	62.9	80.0
Islam	17,452	33.0	67.5
Others	2181	4.1	67.6
Residence				< 0.001
Urban	18,392	34.8	83.7
Rural	34,483	65.2	70.9
Community-level literacy				< 0.001
Low	18,992	35.9	66.3
Medium	17,948	33.9	77.3
High	15,935	30.2	83.9
Community socio-economic level				< 0.001
Low	26,349	49.8	67.6
Medium	10,142	19.2	80.0
High	16,383	31.0	84.8
Sub-region				< 0.001
West Africa	19,417	36.7	72.1
East Africa	21,416	40.5	79.7
Central Africa	10,215	19.3	70.5
Southern Africa	1827	3.5	86.1

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