Table 1. Sociodemographic profile of the study population, by type of delivery.
| Vaginal delivery | Type of cesarean section | p-value* | ||
| Emergency | Planned | |||
| Sample | 3,777 | 1,702 | 1,257 | |
| Weighted sample | 5,095,628 | 2,515,187 | 1,985,472 | |
| % | 53.1 | 26.2 | 20.7 | |
| National** | 53.1 [51.3,54.9] | 26.2 [24.6,27.9] | 20.7 [19.1,22.4] | ---- |
| Characteristics of the women | ||||
| Schooling (yrs.) | ||||
| Zero | 57.6 [45.3,69.0] | 30.1 [21.1,40.9] | 12.3 [7.12,20.5] | 0.00 |
| 1–6 | 59.9 [56.2,63.5] | 26.0 [22.9,29.4] | 14.1 [11.8,16.8] | |
| 7–9 | 57.9 [55.1,60.7] | 25.1 [22.7,27.7] | 17.0 [14.8,19.4] | |
| ≥10 | 43.9 [40.8,47.0] | 27.1 [24.3,30.1] | 29.1 [26.1,32.2] | |
| Health insurance | ||||
| Social Security | 45.6 [42.2,49.0] | 26.6 [23.7,29.6] | 27.9 [24.5,31.5] | 0.00 |
| Seguro Popular (SP) | 59.1 [56.8,61.4] | 26.3 [24.3,28.4] | 14.6 [13.0,16.4] | |
| Mixed | 52.6 [41.2,63.7] | 30.2 [21.7,40.5] | 17.2 [10.7,26.5] | |
| None | 51.0 [46.4,55.6] | 25.2 [21.3,29.6] | 23.8 [20.3,27.8] | |
| Characteristics of the household of residence | ||||
| Indigenous | ||||
| No | 52.3 [50.4,54.2] | 26.2 [24.5,27.9] | 21.5 [19.8,23.3] | 0.00 |
| Yes | 61.6 [55.5,67.3] | 26.6 [21.6,32.2] | 11.8 [8.73,15.8] | |
| Expenditure quintiles per resident/yr. | ||||
| I | 62.7 [58.9,66.4] | 24.3 [20.9,28.0] | 13.0 [10.7,15.8] | 0.00 |
| II | 55.3 [51.2,59.4] | 26.1 [24.4,30.1] | 18.6 [15.4,22.2] | |
| III | 57.8 [53.7,61.8] | 24.4 [21.1,27.9] | 17.9 [14.6,21.7] | |
| IV | 50.5 [46.0,55.1] | 28.6 [25.0,32.5] | 20.9 [17.6,24.6] | |
| V | 39.2 [35.3,43.2] | 27.7 [24.2,31.6] | 33.1 [28.8,37.6] | |
| Oportunidades beneficiary | ||||
| No | 50.8 [48.7,53.0] | 27.0 [25.0,29.0] | 22.2 [20.3,24.3] | 0.00 |
| Yes | 61.5 [58.0,64.9] | 23.5 [20.6,26.6] | 15.1 [12.6,18.0] | |
| Characteristics of the place of residence | ||||
| Rural (<2,500 inhab.) | 60.5 [57.4,63.5] | 24.6 [21.9,27.5] | 14.9 [12.5,17.6] | 0.00 |
| Urban (2,500–100,000 inhab.) | 51.0 [47.9,54.1] | 30.0 [26.9,33.2] | 19.0 [16.7,21.6] | |
| Metropolitan (>100,000 inhab.) | 51.1 [48.3,53.8] | 25.5 [23.1,28.0] | 23.5 [21.0,26.1] | |
| Low marginalization | 50.9 [48.7,53.1] | 27.0 [25.0,29.0] | 22.2 [20.2,24.2] | |
| High marginalization | 60.6 [57.7,63.5] | 23.7 [21.2,26.4] | 15.7 [13.3,18.4] | |
Note: estimations based on the effect of the survey design.
*Refer to differences between vaginal delivery, and emergency and planned type of cesarean section.
**Refer to national level estimations.