Table 6.
Safe delivery practices assisted by skilled sources by selected socio-economic variables
Characteristics | Unadjusted comparison | Multivariate | ||||
N (% yes¶) | P | OR | 95% CI | P | ||
Slum | Non-slum | 212 (40.1) | 1.00 | |||
Slum | 62 (17.7) | 0.001 | 0.45 | 0.21–0.96 | 0.038 | |
Place of residence | Town/city | 60 (60.0) | 1.00 | |||
Country side | 214 (28.0) | <0.001 | 0.30 | 0.15–0.58 | <0.001 | |
Composite variable of household characteristics | Poor | 84 (19.0) | 1.00 | |||
Not-poor | 190 (42.1) | <0.001 | 1.28 | 0.62–2.65 | 0.501 | |
Composite variable of mass media access | Not at all | 55 (18.2) | 1.00 | |||
At least one media | 219 (39.3) | 0.003 | 1.23 | 0.54–2.79 | 0.628 | |
Education | No education | 77 (16.9) | 1.00 | |||
1–5 years education | 81 (25.9) | 0.169 | 1.54 | 0.67–3.55 | 0.309 | |
6+ years education | 116 (53.4) | <0.001 | 4.34 | 1.93–9.78 | <0.001 |
¶Percentage of safe delivery practices