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. 2014 Jun 26;13:25. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-13-25

Table 8.

Mean, standard deviation and effect of measures to closest facility on use of facility for delivery, n = 9,306 births

Distance to closest delivery facility
Compound as origin
Village centroid as origin
  Mean (SD) OR (95% CI) p-value Mean (SD) OR (95% CI) p-value
Euclidean (km)
3.09 (4.67)
0.33 (0.27-0.40)
<0.001
3.09 (4.68)
0.33 (0.27-0.40)
<0.001
Network distance(km)
3.85 (5.39)
0.33 (0.26-0.42)
<0.001
3.73 (5.40)
0.33 (0.26-0.43)
<0.001
Mechanized network time (hr)
0.25 (0.17)
0.74 (0.55-0.98)
0.038
0.20 (0.17)
0.84 (0.60-1.17)
0.30
Non-mechanized network time (hr)
1.06 (1.34)
0.33 (0.26-0.43)
<0.001
1.01 (1.34)
0.34 (0.27-0.43)
<0.001
Mechanized raster time (hr)
0.28 (0.26)
0.71 (0.58-0.87)
0.001
0.23 (0.26)
0.91 (0.65-1.27)
0.57
Non-mechanized raster time (hr)
1.16 (1.43)
0.33 (0.26-0.43)
<0.001
1.12 (1.42)
0.53 (0.28-0.45)
<0.001
Distance to closest CEmOC
Mean (SD)
OR (95% CI)
p-value
Mean (SD)
OR (95% CI)
p-value
Euclidean (km)
12.40 (15.05)
0.41 (0.33-0.50)
<0.001
12.34 (15.03)
0.41 (0.33-0.50)
<0.001
Network distance (km)
14.94 (17.25)
0.45 (0.36-0.56)
<0.001
14.81 (17.20)
0.45 (0.36-0.56)
<0.001
Mechanized network time (hr)
 0.41 (0.26)
0.50 (0.39-0.63)
<0.001
 0.37 (0.24)
0.53 (0.42-0.68)
<0.001
Non-mechanized network time (hr)
 3.83 (4.30)
0.45 (0.53-0.83)
<0.001
 3.78 (4.28)
0.45 (0.36-0.46)
<0.001
Mechanized raster time (hr)
 0.47 (0.35)
0.66 (0.32-0.72)
<0.001
 0.40 (0.32)
0.76 (0.54-1.08)
0.122
Non-mechanized raster time (hr)  4.00 (4.43) 0.45 (0.36-0.46) <0.001  3.93 (4.38) 0.46 (0.37-0.57) <0.001

Note: all measures are standardized to mean = (approx.) 0 & standard deviation = 1.