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Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of the study population, Bangladesh, 2017–18

From: Prevalence and predictors of elective and emergency caesarean delivery among reproductive-aged women in Bangladesh: evidence from demographic and health survey, 2017–18

Background characteristics

Sample

Percentage

Women’s age (in years)

 15–19

920

17.9

 20–24

1,885

35.2

 25–29

1,379

25.8

 30–49

1,115

21.0

Women’s educational level

 Not educated

346

6.6

 Primary

1,477

27.6

 Secondary

2,534

48.9

 Higher

942

16.9

Women’s work status

 Not working

3,337

63.1

 Working

1,962

36.9

Women’s mass media exposure

 No Exposure

1,921

34.8

 Exposure

3,378

65.2

Women’s Body Mass Indexa

 Underweight

821

17.7

 Normal

2,689

60.2

 Overweight or Obese

995

22.1

Partner’s education

 No Education

804

15.0

 Primary

1,769

33.5

 Secondary

1,722

33.4

 Higher

1,004

18.1

Partner’s occupation

 Unemployed

122

2.2

 Professional/Technical/Managerial

479

8.1

 Sales

994

18.2

 Agricultural

976

18.9

 Services

680

13.3

 Skilled And Unskilled

2,048

39.3

Women’s age at first birth (in years)

  < 18

2,152

41.7

 18–20

2,004

38.0

 21–24

841

15.1

  ≥ 25

302

5.1

Birth order

 First

2,065

39.0

 2nd order

1,695

32.1

 3 or more

1,539

28.9

ANC visitsb

 No visit

408

8.0

 1–3 visits

2,188

45.0

 4 or more

2,411

47.0

Multiple births

 Single

5,190

98.0

 Multiple

109

2.0

Place of deliveryc

 Public

803

15.4

 Private

1,845

84.7

Wealth quintile

 Poorest

1,148

20.8

 Poorer

1,089

20.8

 Middle

954

19.1

 Richer

1,040

20.1

 Richest

1,068

19.3

Place of residence

 Urban

1,814

26.7

 Rural

3,485

73.3

Division

 Barisal

561

5.7

 Chittagong

886

21.3

 Dhaka

778

25.5

 Khulna

545

9.0

 Mymensingh

633

8.5

 Rajshahi

554

11.7

 Rangpur

580

10.4

 Sylhet

762

8.0

Total

5,299

100.0

  1. aExclude currently pregnant and women with a birth in the last 2 months; underweight: < 18.5 kg/ m2, normal: 18.5–24.9 kg/m2, overweight and obese: ≥ 25 kg/m2
  2. blast birth sample only
  3. cfacility delivery; ANC Ante-natal care