Table 4.
Logistic Regression Odds Ratio (OR) and 95 Percent Confidence Interval (95% CI) Estimates Predicting Cesarean Section Delivery for Women Delivering First Births During the Year Before Survey, Brazil, 2008
| 2008 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 |
Model 2 (includes payment source/type of hospital) |
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| Variables | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI |
| Age | ||||
| 15-19 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 20-24 | 1.19 | 0.90-1.56 | 1.20 | 0.91-1.59 |
| 25-29 | 1.74** | 1.26-2.41 | 1.50** | 1.07-2.10 |
| 30-49 | 2.64** | 1.83-3.81 | 2.19** | 1.50-3.2 |
| Years of schooling | ||||
| 0-3 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 4-7 | 0.81 | 0.47-1.40 | 0.82 | 0.47-1.41 |
| 8-10 | 0.82 | 0.48-1.40 | 0.72 | 0.42-1.24 |
| 11 | 1.33 | 0.78-2.26 | 0.94 | 0.55-1.62 |
| 12+ | 2.56* | 1.41 -4.60 | 0.97 | 0.52-1.81 |
| Region of residence | ||||
| North | 1.46* | 1.07-2.00 | 1.39* | 1.00-1.93 |
| Northeast | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Southeast | 1.45* | 1.11 -1.90 | 1.17 | 0.88-1.54 |
| South | 1.65* | 1.17-2.32 | 1.35 | 0.95-1.93 |
| Central West | 1.73* | 1.22-2.47 | 1.48* | 1.03-2.14 |
| Payment source†/type of hospital | ||||
| SUS/public | 1.00 | |||
| SUS/private | 1.68 | 0.87-3.27 | ||
| Non-SUS/public | 3.52** | 1.82-6.81 | ||
| Non-SUS/private | 6.10** | 4.40-8.48 | ||
| Number of observations | 1,685 | 1,685 | ||
*
Significant at p ≤ 0.05
**
Significant at p ≤ 0.01
†
SUS is the Brazilian governmentally funded health system (“Sistema Único de Saúde”). Source: 2008 Brazilian household survey (PNAD).