Table 6.
Characteristics | Logistic regression of deliveries with no one present versus use of other delivery approaches (Model 1) | Multinomial logistic regression comparing delivery with no one present and skilled attendance with unskilled attendance
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No one present versus unskilled attendance (Model 2) | Skilled versus unskilled attendance (Model 3) | ||
Age (years) | |||
≤24 | Reference | Reference | Reference |
25–29 | 1.93** | 2.04** | 2.41** |
30–34 | 1.20** | 1.28** | 2.76** |
35+ | 1.51** | 1.56** | 2.16** |
Birth order | |||
1st birth | Reference | Reference | Reference |
2nd birth | 2.08** | 2.01** | 0.59** |
3rd birth | 2.91** | 2.76** | 0.41** |
4th birth | 2.64** | 2.44** | 0.28** |
5th or higher | 2.95** | 2.69** | 0.23** |
Mother’s work status | |||
Not working | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Working | 0.58** | 0.58** | 1.21** |
Education | |||
No education | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Primary/secondary education | 0.83** | 0.87** | 1.57** |
Residence | |||
Rural | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Urban | 0.39** | 0.41** | 1.16** |
Wealth quintile | |||
Poorest | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Poorer | 0.92** | 0.93** | 0.98** |
Poor | 0.85** | 0.87** | 1.89** |
Rich | 0.83** | 1.09** | 10.78** |
Husband has other wives | |||
No | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Yes | 0.85** | 0.81** | 0.53** |
Decision-making autonomy | |||
Limited or no involvement in decisions regarding household expenses and health-seeking decisions | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Fully involved in household expenses and health-seeking decisions | 0.68** | 0.58** | 0.23** |
Attitudes toward wife-beating | |||
Ok to beat wife for at least one reason | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Never ok to beat wife | 0.49** | 0.51** | 1.87** |
Wife’s sex autonomy (1) | |||
Wife has no right to refuse sex if husband has STD/sex with other women | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Wife has right to refuse sex if husband has STD/sex with other women | 0.68** | 0.62** | 0.24** |
Wife’s sex autonomy (2) | |||
Wife cannot refuse sex if tired or not in the mood | Reference | Reference | Reference |
Wife can refuse sex if tired or not in the mood | 3.24** | 3.40** | 2.34** |
Notes: Estimates are odds ratio.
P<0.01. Data from National Population Commission (NPC) [Nigeria] and ICF Macro. 2009. Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2008. Abuja, Nigeria: National Population Commission and ICF Macro.1
Abbreviation: STD, sexually transmitted disease.