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. 2017 Aug 4;32(9):1294–1308. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czx087

Table 2.

Prevalence of detailed patterns of delivery location switching among women with first two deliveries in survey recall period with known delivery locations

Country/region Consistent home (%) Consistent facility
Facility to home
Home to facility
Consistent public (%) Consistent private (%) Public to private (%) Private to public (%) Public to home (%) Private to home (%) Home to public (%) Home to private (%)
Benin 13.9 56.7 11.3 4.9 5.8 3.3 0.4 3.3 0.2
Burkina Faso 22.3 59.4 0.4 0.5 0.1 4.3 0.0 13.1 0.0
Burundi 13.5 52.5 3.9 1.8 1.7 14.1 1.1 10.6 0.9
Cameroon 27.3 32.9 17.8 5.6 4.4 6.0 0.7 4.5 0.9
Chad 80.2 8.4 2.0 0.0 0.2 5.8 0.5 2.8 0.1
Republic of the Congo 9.8 65.0 2.9 7.8 1.9 8.1 0.0 4.5 0.0
Democratic Rep. of Congo 19.1 46.5 12.7 2.5 2.8 5.2 2.6 8.1 0.6
Ethiopia 85.0 5.6 0.6 0.3 0.2 5.2 0.3 2.1 0.7
Gabon 4.3 60.1 15.1 6.5 5.7 4.8 0.4 2.8 0.3
Ghana 27.9 37.1 6.9 6.2 2.3 9.8 0.9 8.1 0.8
Guinea 62.2 22.3 1.1 0.2 0.5 9.6 0.6 3.6 0.0
Kenya 41.1 25.3 5.3 3.4 0.5 15.4 1.8 4.7 2.6
Lesotho 20.8 28.7 2.7 5.1 4.7 19.9 5.6 9.9 2.6
Liberia 58.1 15.3 2.9 1.3 2.6 6.8 3.0 7.9 2.1
Madagascar 56.3 23.3 1.9 0.8 0.4 10.0 0.5 6.5 0.4
Malawi 13.9 48.8 11.4 3.6 3.0 6.7 1.5 9.3 1.9
Mali 44.1 35.7 1.1 1.1 0.5 9.5 0.3 7.2 0.5
Mozambique 36.6 43.8 0.5 1.3 0.5 7.7 0.8 6.9 2.1
Namibia 9.1 66.7 3.0 0.9 0.0 13.4 0.0 7.0 0.0
Niger 73.9 14.4 0.4 0.1 0.3 6.5 0.4 4.0 0.0
Nigeria 52.7 16.5 18.0 1.2 2.1 4.3 1.4 2.6 1.2
Rwanda 8.2 73.7 0.4 1.1 0.1 7.7 0.1 8.5 0.0
Sao Tome and Principe 2.7 75.4 0.0 1.8 0.0 18.2 0.0 1.9 0.0
Senegal 14.2 65.7 4.2 0.5 1.4 9.8 0.3 3.8 0.0
Sierra Leone 62.2 17.4 3.2 0.0 0.0 11.0 0.4 5.6 0.3
Swaziland 9.5 36.2 17.4 4.1 7.3 10.7 7.6 4.9 2.3
Tanzania 30.9 35.2 6.5 2.9 2.2 12.1 2.8 5.8 1.6
Uganda 21.3 38.0 9.8 3.7 3.8 12.4 1.9 8.0 1.3
Zambia 33.2 37.8 3.4 1.1 0.4 12.1 2.5 9.0 0.7
Zimbabwe 21.4 45.2 4.0 2.5 3.3 13.4 1.2 7.3 1.9
Sub-Saharan Africa 42.4 29.8 8.8 2.0 1.8 7.5 1.3 5.3 1.0
Bangladesh 66.9 4.4 9.6 2.6 1.4 4.1 2.9 4.1 4.1
Cambodia 28.6 36.3 6.5 2.8 4.4 5.8 0.3 14.2 1.0
India 44.2 15.5 17.0 2.3 2.9 7.4 5.3 2.9 2.5
Indonesia 46.4 5.9 30.7 2.1 3.1 2.4 3.7 1.4 4.3
Maldives 0.3 80.9 8.3 5.9 2.4 0.5 0.3 1.3 0.0
Nepal 49.9 14.1 6.4 0.6 3.5 10.4 3.2 9.3 2.6
Pakistan 47.7 8.3 24.5 2.0 1.5 4.3 4.8 2.0 5.0
Philippines 40.1 20.1 14.3 3.3 4.4 11.1 2.7 3.2 0.9
Timor-Leste 65.8 17.5 0.9 0.1 0.2 7.0 0.2 7.9 0.2
South/Southeast Asia 46.0 13.3 18.5 2.3 2.7 6.5 4.8 2.9 3.1
Overall 44.9 18.2 15.6 2.2 2.4 6.8 3.8 3.6 2.5
Country summary
Minimum 0.3 4.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.3 0.0
Maximum 85.0 80.9 30.7 7.8 7.3 19.9 7.6 14.2 5.0
Median 30.9 35.7 4.2 2.0 1.9 7.7 0.8 5.6 0.8

Each row total is 100%—any small differences are due to rounding.