. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jul 10.

Published in final edited form as: Eur J Public Health. 2006 Jun 23;17(1):86–91. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl089

Table 2.

Logistic regression investigating the association between reported dissatisfaction with the place of birth compared to satisfaction and selected determinants

	OR	95.0% CI for EXP(B)		Significance
		Lower	Upper
Place of delivery^a

Private facilities	Reference

Governmental facilities	2.77	1.89	4.05	<0.001

UNRWA facilities	0.93	0.47	1.86	0.837

NGO facilities	1.28	0.53	3.09	0.588

At home	3.63	1.95	6.78	0.001

Region

Central West Bank	Reference

North West Bank	1.34	0.82	2.19	0.245

South West Bank	1.73	1.03	2.92	0.039

North Gaza	1.62	0.95	2.77	0.079

Central and south Gaza	1.17	0.68	2.01	0.573

Reason for choosing this place for delivery

Better service	Reference

Difficult to reach other place	14.18	8.74	23.04	<0.001

Sudden delivery	34.92	21.41	56.93	<0.001

Insurance or low	5.83	3.96	8.59	<0.001

No other place available	5.96	3.94	9.03	<0.001

Husband with another wife

No	Reference

Yes	2.34	1.49	3.65	<0.001

In 2004, the large majority of women −87.5% delivered in hospitals, 9.4% in private, UNRWA and governmental centres and clinics and the rest at home. State of Palestine, Ministry of Health, Health Status in Palestine, Annual Report; August 2005