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

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

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 pregnancy^b
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%

^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)
^bNot a live birth includes stillbirths

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