Table 3.
Weighted number and percentage distribution of women by place of delivery and background characteristics, Demographic and Health Surveys, 29 sub-Saharan African countries
| Background characteristics | Health facility | Non-health facility | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | |
| Wealth quintile*** | |||
| Lowest | 39,665 (15.0) | 225,440 (85.0) | 265,105 (22.9) |
| Second | 47,627 (18.5) | 210,356 (81.5) | 257,983 (22.3) |
| Third | 52,835 (21.8) | 189,115 (78.2) | 241,950 (20.9) |
| Fourth | 59,969 (27.2) | 160,429 (72.9) | 220,408 (19.0) |
| Highest | 62,382 (35.9) | 111,286 (64.1) | 173,668 (15.0) |
| Residence*** | |||
| Rural | 155,605 (17.6) | 727,360 (82.4) | 882,975 (73.3) |
| Urban | 113,019 (35.1) | 209,155 (64.9) | 322,174 (26.7) |
| Woman characteristics | |||
| Mother’s education*** | |||
| None | 82,615 (13.6) | 525,477 (86.4) | 608,092 (50.5) |
| At least primary | 185,986 (31.2) | 410,937 (68.8) | 596,923 (49.5) |
| Community characteristics | |||
| Community women’s education*** | |||
| Low | 80,135 (19.8) | 324,523 (80.2) | 404,658 (33.6) |
| Medium | 89,403 (21.8) | 321,021 (78.2) | 410,424 (34.1) |
| High | 99,086 (25.4) | 290,970 (74.6) | 390,057 (32.4) |
| Pregnancy characteristics | |||
| Number of antenatal care (ANC) visits*** | |||
| None | 90,545 (9.6) | 854,939 (90.4) | 945,483 (78.5) |
| At least once | 177,104 (68.6) | 81,345 (31.4) | 259,249 (21.5) |
| Mother’s age at birth*** | |||
| < 20 | 43,840 (15.6) | 236,971 (84.4) | 280,812 (23.3) |
| 20–24 | 78,008 (20.3) | 306,779 (79.3) | 384,787 (31.9) |
| 25–29 | 68,317 (24.3) | 213,063 (75.7) | 281,380 (23.3) |
| 30+ | 78,458 (30.4) | 179,679 (69.6) | 258,137 (21.8) |
| Child-specific characteristics | |||
| Birth order*** | |||
| 1 | 73,901 (22.5) | 253,929 (77.5) | 327,830 (27.2) |
| 2–3 | 99,585 (22.1) | 351,579 (77.9) | 451,164 (37.4) |
| 4+ | 95,138 (22.3) | 331,006 (77.7) | 426,144 (35.4) |
| Survey characteristics | |||
| Round of survey period*** | |||
| Earliest | 59,847 (15.8) | 319,119 (84.2) | 378,966 (34.9) |
| Latest | 173,885 (24.6) | 534,258 (75.4) | 708,143 (65.1) |
| Region*** | |||
| Western Africa | 99,814 (19.4) | 415,395 (80.6) | 515,209 (47.9) |
| Middle Africa | 41,846 (32.8) | 85,656 (67.2) | 127,502 (11.9) |
| Eastern Africa | 82,512 (20.3) | 324,165 (79.7) | 406,678 (37.8) |
| Southern Africa | 7687 (30.1) | 17,842 (69.9) | 25,530 (2.4) |
| Total | 268,624 (22.3) | 936,515 (77.7) | 1,205,139 (100.0) |
Note: ***p < 0.001