Table 3.
Variation in institutional delivery rate by women’s sociocultural, economic, accessibility and need characteristics
| Characteristics | Respondents’ Number | Institutional deliveries |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| % | P value | ||
| Age (years) | |||
| <20 | 58 | 60.3 | 0.692 |
| 20–35 | 332 | 59.9 | |
| >35 | 66 | 63.6 | |
| Parity | |||
| 1 birth | 75 | 66.7 | 0.447 |
| 2–4 births | 261 | 58.6 | |
| ≥5 births | 120 | 60.8 | |
| Education | |||
| Not educated | 412 | 58.7 | 0.011 |
| Educated | 44 | 77.3 | |
| Availability of a motorcycle in the household | |||
| No motorcycle | 312 | 55.1 | <0.001 |
| One motorcycle or more | 144 | 72.2 | |
| Distance from the home to the nearest health facility (km) | |||
| <5 | 173 | 71.5 | <0.001 |
| 5–10 | 169 | 65.6 | |
| >10 | 114 | 44.8 | |
| District of residence | |||
| Dori | 269 | 46.8 | <0.001 |
| Koupela | 187 | 80.2 | |
| Health problems reported during pregnancy | |||
| No | 362 | 60.7 | 0.989 |
| Yes | 94 | 60.6 | |
| Health problems reported during delivery | |||
| No | 376 | 60.0 | 0.837 |
| Yes | 80 | 61.3 | |
| Total number of antenatal visits | |||
| One | 43 | 25.6 | <0.001 |
| Two | 143 | 46.9 | |
| Three | 187 | 71.7 | |
| Four visits or more | 83 | 77.1 | |
| All respondents | 456 | 60,5 | – |