| Areas of childbirth |
|
| Within their locality (In Dhaka city) |
80.3 |
| Outside of their locality (In Dhaka city) |
8.2 |
| In native village/outside Dhaka city |
11.5 |
| Places of trial for childbirth |
|
| Home |
65.6 |
| Not-for-profit private health facilities (NGO) |
32.8 |
| Public health facilities |
16.4 |
| For profit private health facilities |
16.4 |
| Places of childbirth |
|
| Home/ Place of residence |
39.3 |
| Not-for-profit private health facilities (NGO) |
27.9 |
| Public health facilities |
16.4 |
| For profit private health facilities |
16.4 |
| Type of birth attendants |
|
| Skilled |
54.1 |
| Trained traditional birth attendants |
11.5 |
| Unskilled |
34.4 |
| Type of delivery |
|
| Normal vaginal delivery without Episiotomy |
75.4 |
| Normal vaginal delivery with Episiotomy |
11.5 |
| C-section |
11.5 |
| Assisted vaginal delivery (Forcep) |
1.6 |
| Outcome of delivery |
|
| Live birth |
100.0 |
| Stillbirth |
0 |
| Physical condition of the newly born baby |
|
| Healthy baby |
83.6 |
| Sick baby |
16.4 |
| Type of health problems of the newly born baby (n = 10) |
|
| Low birth weight (<2.5 kg wt) |
50.0 (5 cases) |
| Lethargic/unable to breast-fed |
30.0 (3) |
| Birth defect/birth injury |
30.0 (3) |
| Type of health providers who provided treatment to the babies |
|
| Qualified doctors |
60.0 |
| Paramedic |
30.0 |
| Traditional birth attendant |
10.0 |
| Sex of the babies (n = 61) |
|
| Boy |
50.8 |
| Girl |
49.2 |
