Table 2.
Perinatal healthcare utilization outcomes of currently-married women ages 15–45 years who had a live birth between 2007–2014 in non-treatment areas of Matlab, Bangladesh by spousal migration status (N = 1,458 births)
| Total | Non-migrant spouse | Domestic urban migrant spouse | International migrant spouse | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 1,458 | N = 1,013 | N = 160 | N = 285 | ||||||
| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | ||
| Received antenatal care | 1,006 | (69.0%) | 648 | (64.0%) | 124 | (77.5%) | 234 | (82.1%) | *** |
| Type of birth attendant at birth1 | |||||||||
| Not a medically qualified attendant | 1,081 | (74.1%) | 773 | (76.3%) | 118 | (73.8%) | 190 | (66.7%) | ** |
| Medically qualified attendant | 377 | (25.9%) | 240 | (23.7%) | 42 | (26.3%) | 95 | (33.3%) | |
| Delivery at a healthcare facility2 | |||||||||
| No | 1,110 | (76.1%) | 804 | (79.4%) | 118 | (73.8%) | 188 | (66.0%) | *** |
| Yes | 348 | (23.9%) | 209 | (20.6%) | 42 | (26.3%) | 97 | (34.0%) | |
Notes: 1) Not medically qualified attendants include community health workers, trained and traditional midwives, traditional healers, village doctors, pharmacist, family members and friends or other unspecified and medically qualified include nurses, paramedics, and doctors with an MBBS degree; 2) No includes own home or someone else's home, pharmacy, or other unspecified locations; 3) Pearson chi-square tests were used to estimate bivariate differences in perinatal healthcare utilization outcomes by spousal migration status. 4) *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001