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Table 2 Pregnancy and delivery care factors of recent pregnancy n = 4649

From: Factors associated with home delivery in rural Sindh, Pakistan: results from the global network birth registry

Variables

Women delivering at home

Women delivering at facility

N = 1286

N = 3363

n

%

n

%

Received ANC during pregnancy

 No ANC

201

15.60%

51

1.50%

  < 4 visits

815

63.40%

1509

44.90%

 4 or more visits

270

21.00%

1803

53.60%

Maternal tetanus vaccinations

 No

860

66.90%

1475

43.90%

 Yes

426

33.10%

1888

56.10%

Iron supplementation

 No

534

41.50%

706

21.00%

 Yes

752

58.50%

2657

79.00%

Calcium supplementation

 No

493

38.30%

576

17.10%

 Yes

793

61.70%

2787

82.90%

Gestational age at delivery (weeks)

  < 37

268

30%

936

28.90%

  > 37

625

70%

2304

71.10%

Obstructed labour/prolonged labour

/failure to progress

 No

1260

98%

3135

93.20%

 Yes

26

2.00%

228

6.80%

Obstetric hemorrhage

 No

1266

98.40%

3206

95.30%

 Yes

20

1.60%

157

4.70%

Hypertension/preeclampsia/eclampsia

 No

1277

99.30%

3200

95.20%

 Yes

9

0.70%

163

4.80%

Suspected reproductive tract infection (RTI)a

 No

1272

98.90%

3212

95.50%

 Yes

14

1.10%

151

4.50%

Birth Outcomes of recent pregnancyb

 Live Birth

850

66.10%

3093

91.90%

 Not a live birth

43

4.8%

148

4.6%

Birth weight (gm)

 Normal weight (≥ 2500)

668

74.80%

2490

76.90%

 Low birth weight (< 2500)

225

25.20%

750

23.10%

  1. aDefined as an infection of the genital tract in which fever is present with pelvic pain, abnormal vaginal discharge/ presence of pus, abnormal smell / foul odor of discharge, and/or delay in the reduction of the size of the uterus (< 2 cm per day in the first 8 days)
  2. bNot a live birth includes stillbirths