Table 6.

Influential factors in the use of delivery attendants in Sokoto State, Nigeria, Nigeria 2008 Demographic and Health Survey

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
		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.