Table 2.

Association between socio-demographic characteristics and pregnancy-related behavior and delivery by skilled birth attendants

	Delivery by SBAs
Characteristics	Yes (n = 211)	No (n = 491)	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Age in years
<20	33 (15.64)	65 (13.24)	1.22 (0.78, 1.93)	0.384
20-34	165 (78.20)	398 (81.06)	Ref.
≥35	13 (6.16)	28 (5.70)	1.12 (0.57, 2.22)	0.745
Religion
Islam	188 (89.10)	437 (89.00)	Ref.
Hinduism	23 (10.90)	54 (11.00)	0.99 (0.59, 1.66)	0.970
Women’s education
No education	23 (10.90)	82 (16.70)	Ref.
1-5 years	29 (13.74)	135 (27.49)	0.77 (0.42, 1.41)	0.393
≥6 years	159 (75.36)	274 (55.80)	2.07 (1.25, 3.42)	0.005
Women’s occupation
Housewife	190 (90.05)	477 (97.15)	Ref.
Others	21 (9.95)	14 (2.85)	3.77 (1.88, 7.56)	<0.001
Husband’s education
No education	34 (16.11)	146 (30.17)	Ref.
1-5 years	43 (20.38)	134 (27.69)	1.38 (0.83, 2.29)	0.215
≥6 years	134 (63.51)	204 (42.15)	2.82 (1.83, 4.35)	<0.001
Husband’s occupation
Laborer	93 (44.08)	337 (68.64)	Ref.
Professionals	36 (17.06)	32 (6.52)	4.07 (2.40, 6.92)	<0.001
Business/Living abroad	82 (38.86)	122 (24.85)	2.44 (1.70, 3.50)	<0.001
Monthly family income (BDT)
≤ 6,000	42 (19.91)	154 (31.36)	Ref.
6,001-10,000	83 (39.34)	230 (46.84)	1.32 (0.87, 2.02)	0.195
>10,000	86 (40.76)	107 (21.79)	2.95 (1.89, 4.59)	<0.001
Parity (Number of children)
0 or 1	102 (48.34)	174 (35.44)	Ref.
2 or more	109 (51.66)	317 (64.56)	0.59 (0.42, 0.81)	0.001
Any ANC by SBAs
Yes	164 (78.47)	245 (50.62)	3.56 (2.44, 5.17)	<0.001
No	45 (21.53)	239 (49.38)	Ref.
Complication during pregnancy
Yes	121 (57.35)	48 (9.78)	12.41 (8.29, 18.58)	<0.001
No	90 (42.65)	443 (90.22)	Ref.