Table 4.
Determinants of delivery by caesarean section in Bangladesh (1995–2004)
| Caesarean section | |||||
| Live births (N = 13,714) | % | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis* | ||
| OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | ||
| Year | |||||
| 1995 – 1996 | 2.1 | 1.00 | |||
| 1997 – 1999 | 3.2 | 1.53 | (1.10, 2.12) | 1.71 | (1.18, 2.48) |
| 2000 – 2004 | 3.8 | 1.83 | (1.32, 2.55) | 2.24 | (1.55, 3.25) |
| Annual trend | |||||
| 1991 – 2004 | 3.3 | 1.11 | (1.06, 1.16) | 1.14 | (1.09, 1.19) |
| Asset quintile | |||||
| Lowest | 0.3 | 1.00 | |||
| Second | 0.4 | 1.54 | (0.52, 4.51) | 1.17 | (0.39, 3.48) |
| Middle | 0.7 | 2.73 | (1.02, 7.26) | 1.56 | (0.58, 4.22) |
| Fourth | 2.2 | 8.48 | (3.55, 20.31) | 3.24 | (1.30, 8.11) |
| Highest | 11.1 | 46.30 | (20.09, 106.72) | 6.74 | (2.69, 16.84) |
| Woman's education | |||||
| None | 0.6 | 1.00 | |||
| Primary | 1.5 | 2.55 | (1.57, 4.14) | 1.45 | (0.85, 2.46) |
| Secondary | 5.9 | 10.36 | (6.95, 15.45) | 2.36 | (1.37, 4.06) |
| Higher | 26.3 | 59.16 | (39.05, 89.64) | 4.00 | (2.16, 7.40) |
| Husband's education | |||||
| None | 0.8 | 1.00 | |||
| Primary | 1.2 | 1.62 | (1.01, 2.59) | 0.84 | (0.51, 1.40) |
| Secondary | 4.8 | 6.68 | (4.47, 9.98) | 1.54 | (0.93, 2.57) |
| Higher | 16.4 | 26.06 | (17.74, 38.28) | 1.90 | (1.08, 3.34) |
| Area of residence | |||||
| Rural | 1.6 | 1.00 | |||
| Urban | 9.0 | 6.02 | (4.80, 7.57) | 2.02 | (1.53, 2.67) |
*Multivariate model controls for all variables in table plus age, parity, singleton birth, and administrative division.