A descriptive analysis of the coverage of newborn care services among women who delivered in health facilities in 17 sub-Saharan African countries

Table 2 Comparison of the characteristics of women who delivered in healthcare facilities in the 17 sub-Saharan African countries (N = 226,706)

Variable	Frequency (weighted)	Place of delivery		P-value
Variable	Frequency (weighted)	Home (%)	Health facility (%)	P-value
Age group (Years)				< 0.001
15–24	64,915	26.7	73.3
25–34	108,664	27.4	72.6
35–49	53,127	30.9	69.1
Highest educational level				< 0.001
No formal education	74,949	46.1	53.9
Primary	76,607	25.2	74.8
At least secondary	75,151	12.9	87.1
Current marital status				< 0.001
Never in a union	16,577	15.7	84.3
Married	164,453	29.3	70.7
Living with partner	29,868	29.8	70.2
Widowed	2,975	29.7	70.3
Divorced	5,245	21.9	78.1
Separated	7,589	23.9	76.1
Number of children ever born				< 0.001
1–2	82,789	18.6	81.4
3–4	72,353	27.3	72.7
5 or more	71,066	39.7	60.3
Number of living children				< 0.001
0	82,971	29.7	70.3
1–2	72,512	20.2	79.8
3–4	71,223	28.7	71.3
5 or more	82,971	39.5	60.5
Antenatal care use during recent pregnancy				< 0.001
No	13,353	82.2	17.8
Yes	213,353	24.6	75.4
Place of residence				< 0.001
Urban	78,100	16.0	84.0
Rural	148,606	34.4	65.6
Wealth quintile				< 0.001
Poorest	52,126	45.8	54.2
Poorer	49,252	37.1	62.9
Middle	44,832	27.1	72.9
Richer	43,567	15.7	84.3
Richest	36,930	6.6	93.4

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