Table 3.
Factors associated of place of delivery in Sudan, 2010
| n = 5680 | Place of delivery | P- Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home delivery | Institutional delivery | ||
| External environment | |||
| Area of residence-Missing: 389 (6.4 %) | |||
| Rural | 3501 (85.4 %) | 600 (14.6 %) | 0.001 |
| Urban | 895 (60.3 %) | 590 (39.7 %) | |
| Predisposing factors | |||
| Maternal age-Missing: 389 (6.7 %) | |||
| Younger age group | 3363 (78.9 %) | 898 (21.1 %) | 0.462 |
| Older age group | 1034 (78 %) | 292 (22 %) | |
| Education-Missing: 389 (6.4 %) | |||
| None | 2282 (91.2 %) | 220 (8.8 %) | 0.001 |
| Primary | 1419 (74.6 %) | 482 (25.4 %) | |
| Secondary + | 448 (49.2 %) | 463 (50.8 %) | |
| Adult/informal education | 247 (90.5 %) | 26 (9.5 %) | |
| Wealth index quintiles-Missing: 390 (6.4 %) | |||
| Poorest | 1253 (95.6 %) | 57 (4.4 %) | 0.001 |
| Second | 1126 (90.4 %) | 119 (9.6 %) | |
| Middle | 1043 (83 %) | 214 (17 %) | |
| Fourth | 683 (64.6 %) | 374 (35.4 %) | |
| Richest | 292 (40.6 %) | 427 (59.4 %) | |
| Working status-Missing: 488 (8.1 %) | |||
| Not working | 4084 (79.3 %) | 1069 (20.7 %) | 0.001 |
| Working | 220 (65.5 %) | 116 (34.5 %) | |
| Parity (number of pregnancies)-Missing: 390 (6.4 %) | |||
| > 2 | 3056 (84.2 %) | 572 (15.8 %) | 0.001 |
| 1–2 | 1340 (68.4 %) | 619 (31.6 %) | |
| Enabling factors | |||
| Received ANC-Missing: 94 (1.7 %) | |||
| Yes | 3200 (74 %) | 1126 (26 %) | 0.001 |
| No | 1196 (94.9 %) | 64 (5.1 %) | |
| Need factors | |||
| Complications during pregnancy-Missing: 2419 (42.6 %) | |||
| No/non-serious complication | 1425 (81.3 %) | 327 (18.7 %) | 0.001 |
| Serious complication | 1147 (76 %) | 362 (24 %) | |