Table 2.
Results of logistic regression analyses of deliveries attended by skilled birth attendants (SBAs) with selected background characteristics, in Khulna and Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
| Characteristics | SBA Attendance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khulna Division | Sylhet Division | |||
| COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Current age (years) | ||||
| 15–24 | Ref | Ref | Ref | |
| 25–34 | 1.0 (0.7,1.4) | 1.1 (0.7,1.7) | 1.2 (0.8,2.0) | |
| 35–49 | 1.5 (0.5,4.4) | 0.3* (0.1,0.7) | 0.4* (0.2,0.9) | |
| Parity | ||||
| 1 | 1.5** (1.1,2.0) | 1.3 (0.9,1.8) | 1.8* (1.0,3.1) | 0.8 (0.4,1.8) |
| ≥ 2 | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Education level of women | ||||
| No formal | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Primary | 0.7 (0.3,1.3) | 0.6 (0.3,1.3) | 2.1** (1.3,3.6) | 1.6 (0.8,3.0) |
| Secondary | 1.3 (0.7,2.4) | 0.7 (0.3,1.3) | 6.7*** (2.7,16.7) | 3.1* (1.3,7.6) |
| College or above | 3.3** (1.4,7.9) | 0.7 (0.2,2.2) | 22.7*** (7.8,66.1) | 8.4** (1.9,36.7) |
| Occupation of the women | ||||
| Not working | 1.3 (0.8,2.0) | 1.3 (0.7,2.5) | ||
| Working | Ref | Ref | ||
| Birth interval (years) | ||||
| 0–2 | 0.7 (0.3,1.6) | 0.6 (0.3,1.0) | 0.7 (0.3,1.5) | |
| ≥ 3 | Ref | Ref | Ref | |
| Known pregnancy complications | ||||
| No | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Yes | 1.41 (1.0,1.9) | 1.0 (0.7,1.4) | 2.4* (1.0,5.5) | 0.9 (0.5,1.6) |
| Receiving ANC by skilled provider | ||||
| No | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Yes | 3.5*** (2.0,6.0) | 2.5** (1.4,4.6) | 6.4*** (2.7,15.6) | 3.6*** (2.0,6.5) |
| Receiving visit by a family planning worker | ||||
| No | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Yes | 0.9 (0.6,1.3) | 0.9 (0.6,1.6) | 2.3** (1.4,3.8) | 3.0*** (1.6,5.4) |
| Education level of husbands of the women | ||||
| No formal | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Primary | 1.2 (0.8,2.0) | 0.9 (0.6,1.6) | 1.4 (0.8,2.4) | 0.6 (0.3,1.4) |
| Secondary | 1.7 (1.0,2.8) | 0.8 (0.4,1.4) | 4.4** (1.5,12.5) | 1.1 (0.4,3.1) |
| Higher | 6.1*** (2.9,13.0) | 1.9 (0.6,5.4) | 5.6** (2.0,15.6) | 0.6 (0.1,3.1) |
| Religion | ||||
| Islam | Ref | Ref | ||
| Others | 1.1 (0.5,2.2) | 1.5 (0.7,3.0) | ||
| Place of residence | ||||
| Urban | 2.4*** (1.5,3.9) | 1.6 (1.0,2.5) | 2.4** (1.3,4.6) | 1.4 (0.9,2.2) |
| Rural | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Wealth quintile | ||||
| Poorest | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Poorer | 2.4** (1.3,4.6) | 2.6** (1.3,5.2) | 1.5 (0.6,3.8) | 0.9 (0.4,2.0) |
| Middle | 3.3*** (1.7,6.1) | 3.0** (1.5,6.0) | 3.8* (1.3,10.5) | 2.0 (0.9,4.4) |
| Richer | 7.4*** (3.6,14.9) | 6.1*** (2.7,13.9) | 6.8*** (2.4,19.3) | 2.6** (1.4,5.1) |
| Richest | 8.3*** (4.1,16.7) | 4.7*** (1.9,11.5) | 14.0*** (5.6,34.8) | 3.8*** (1.9,7.6) |
1p < 0.2, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001; COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval