Table 3.
Characteristics of pregnant women by non-intervention and intervention groups before and after the implementation of the obstetric risk insurance
| Non intervention group (no ORI) |
Intervention group (ORI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Before | After | |||||
| N = 3774 | N = 2271 | N = 2551 | N = 1818 | |||||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||||
| Health district of residence | ||||||||
| Nouakchott | 364 | (9.6) | 176 | (7.7) | 564 | (22.1) | 603 | (33.2) |
| Zone 1 (West) | 635 | (16.8) | 307 | (13.5) | 1088 | (42.6) | 829 | (45.6) |
| Zone 2 (South) | 1987 | (52.6) | 1206 | (53.1) | 1274 | (49.9) | 644 | (35.4) |
| Zone 3 (North) | 1150 | (30.5) | 758 | (33.4) | 189 | (7.4) | 345 | (19.0) |
| Missing data | 2 | (0.1) | . | . | . | |||
| Highest level of Health facilities in the health district of residence | ||||||||
| Post | 42 | (1.1) | 28 | (1.2) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| Centre | 2201 | (58.3) | 1282 | (56.5) | 1565 | (61.3) | 976 | (53.7) |
| Hospital | 1529 | (40.5) | 961 | (42.3) | 986 | (38.7) | 842 | (46.3) |
| Missing data | 2 | (0.1) | 0 | . | . | . | ||
| Highest level of Health facilities in the municipality of residence | ||||||||
| Post | 1974 | (52.3) | 1282 | (56.5) | 964 | (37.8) | 694 | (38.2) |
| Centre | 725 | (19.2) | 450 | (19.8) | 745 | (29.2) | 540 | (29.7) |
| Hospital | 985 | (26.1) | 518 | (22.8) | 839 | (32.9) | 545 | (30.0) |
| Missing data | 90 | (2.4) | 21 | (0.9%) | 3 | (0.1) | 39 | (2.1) |
| Rural versus urban settings | ||||||||
| Rural | 2389 | (63.3) | 1620 | (71.3) | 1093 | (42.8) | 742 | (40.8) |
| Urban | 1384 | (36.7) | 650 | (28.6) | 1458 | (57.2) | 1076 | (59.2) |
| Missing data | 1 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.0) | . | . | ||
| Wealth quintiles of households | ||||||||
| Q1 | 1884 | (49.9) | 960 | (42.3) | 1048 | (41.1) | 586 | (32.2) |
| Q2 | 809 | (21.4) | 554 | (24.4) | 509 | (20.0) | 311 | (17.1) |
| Q3 | 322 | (8.5) | 160 | (7.0) | 284 | (11.1) | 171 | (9.4) |
| Q4 | 90 | (2.4) | 100 | (4.4) | 135 | (5.3) | 163 | (9.0) |
| Q5 | 625 | (16.6) | 486 | (21.4) | 544 | (21.3) | 585 | (32.2) |
| Missing data | 44 | (1.2) | 11 | (0.5) | 31 | (1.2) | 2 | (0.1) |
| Maternal age | ||||||||
| Mean age (S.D.) | 29 | (±9) | 29 | (±10) | 29 | (±9) | 28 | (±9) |
| Age categories | ||||||||
| <18 yr | 123 | (3.3) | 92 | (4.1) | 93 | (3.6) | 80 | (4.4) |
| 18–34 year | 2800 | (74.2) | 1623 | (71.5) | 1856 | (72.8) | 1362 | (74.9) |
| 35 year and more | 851 | (22.5) | 556 | (24.5) | 602 | (23.6) | 376 | (20.7) |
| Missing data | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Mean parity (S.D.) | 4 | (±3) | 4 | (±3) | 4 | (±3) | 4 | (±3) |
| Highest education level | ||||||||
| None | 1194 | (31.6) | 553 | (24.4) | 726 | (28.5) | 427 | (23.5) |
| Koranic | 975 | (25.8) | 542 | (23.9) | 680 | (26.7) | 363 | (20.0) |
| Primary | 1120 | (29.7) | 802 | (35.3) | 797 | (31.2) | 689 | (37.9) |
| Secondary + | 475 | (12.6) | 374 | (16.5) | 345 | (13.5) | 337 | (18.5) |
| Missing data | 10 | (0.3) | – | 3 | (0.1) | 2 | (0.1) | |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married | 3438 | (91.1) | 2094 | (92.2) | 2295 | (90.0) | 1648 | (90.6) |
| Not married | 336 | (8.9) | 177 | (7.8) | 256 | 170 | (9.4) | |
| Missing data | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Multiple pregnancy | 26 | (0.7) | 37 | (1.6) | 30 | (1.2) | 30 | (1.7) |
| Missing data | 2089 | (55.4) | – | 923 | (36.2) | 527 | (29.0) | |
Foot notes: * Women who delivered a live-born child in the last two years before interview (n = 10.261).
Abbreviations: ORI: obstetrical Risk insurance.