Table 1.

Women's (and husband's) socioeconomic, demographic end obstetric history associated with institutional delivery

	Place of delivery
Characteristics	Hospital		Home		OR (95% CI)
	No.	%	No.	%	Unadjusted	Adjusted
Age (year)
<19	3	6.5	13	12.5	1.00
20-24	29	63.0	47	45.2	2.67 (0.70-10.19)
25+	14	30.4	44	42.3	1.38 (0.34-5.55)
Ethnicity of women
Brahmin-Chhetri	18	39.1	7	6.7	1.00
Tamang	9	19.6	80	76.9	0.04 (0.01-0.13)
Other	19	41.3	17	16.3	0.44 (0.15-1.29)
Occupation of women
Farmer	22	47.8	85	81.7	1.00
Housewife	21	45.7	17	16.3	4.77 (2.16-10.54)
Other*	3	6.5	2	1.9	5.80 (0.91-36.84)
Education of women
Illiterate	9	19.6	64	61.5	1.00	1.00
Primary	9	19.6	28	26.9	2.29 (0.82-6.37)	1.21 (0.35-4.27)
Secondary and above	28	60.9	12	11.5	16.59 (6.27-43.80)	5.61 (1.53-20.54)
Occupation of husbands
Farmer	12	26.1	61	58.7	1.00
Other jobs**	26	56.5	34	32.7	3.89 (1.74-8.67)
Formal sector work or work abroad	8	17.4	9	8.7	4.52 (1.45-14.07)
Education of husbands
Illiterate	4	8.7	17	16.3	1.00
Primary	8	17.4	47	45.2	0.72 (0.19-2.71)
Secondary and above	34	73.9	40	38.5	3.61 (1.11-11.77)
Number of family members
3-4	10	21.7	24	23.1	1.00
5-8	26	56.5	62	59.6	1.01 (0.42-2.40)
9+	10	21.7	18	17.3	1.33 (0.46-3.88)
Number of children
1	27	58.7	44	42.3	3.92 (1.36-11.31)
2	14	30.4	28	26.9	3.20 (1.02-10.01)
3 or more	5	10.9	32	30.8	1.00
Had antenatal check-up
No	1	2.2	32	30.8	1.00
Yes	45	97.8	72	69.2	20.0 (2.64-151.51)
Adverse pregnancy outcome
No	38	82.6	99	95.2	1.00	1.00
Yes†	8	17.4	5	4.8	4.2 (1.3-13.54)	9.8 (2.31-41.11)
Transportation
Yes	5	10.9	30	28.8	1.00
No	41	89.1	74	71.2	1.32 (1.20-9.22)

*includes teachers, business owners, and tailors;

**includes teachers, business owners, carpenters, labourers, and drivers;

† Any one of the following: miscarriage, abortion, or stillbirth