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. 2018 Sep 19;8(2):020803. doi: 10.7189/jogh.08.020803

Table 4.

Coverage estimates for labor & delivery (N = 392)

% 95% CI Absolute difference Relative difference % 95% CI Absolute difference Relative difference
Facility delivery (not adjusted for service quality)
65.2
53.2-75.5







Structure-adjusted coverage
Process-adjusted coverage
Linked coverage estimates – exact match method
Exact match
37.2
30.5-43.9
REF
REF
40.1
32.9-47.3
REF
REF
Linked coverage estimates – aggregate methods
Aggregate by district (unweighted)
34.9*
29.0-40.8
-2.3
-6.2%
39.0
32.3-45.7
-1.1
-2.7%
Aggregate by district (weighted)
37.9
31.3-44.4
0.7
1.9%
40.7
33.7-47.7
0.6
1.5%
Aggregate by district and provider category (unweighted)
37.0
30.4-43.6
-0.2
-0.5%
39.7
32.7-46.7
-0.4
-1.0%
Aggregate by district and provider category (weighted)
38.8*
31.9-45.7
1.6
4.3%
40.8
33.6-48.0
0.7
1.7%
10 km buffer (unweighted)
35.3*
29.3-41.4
-1.9
-5.1%
39.1
32.0-46.2
-1.0
-2.5%
10 km buffer (weighted)
37.5
30.6-44.4
0.3
0.8%
39.8
32.5-47.1
-0.3
-0.7%
Linked coverage estimates – single-facility methods
Nearest facility (straight line)
36.5
29.5-43.5
-0.7
-1.9%
39.8
32.2-47.5
-0.3
-0.7%
Nearest facility (straight line) by provider category
37.0
30.0-44.0
-0.2
-0.5%
39.6
32.1-47.1
-0.5
-1.2%
Nearest facility (road distance)
36.8
29.8-43.9
-0.4
-1.1%
40.4
32.6-48.1
0.3
0.7%
Nearest facility (road distance) by provider category 37.5 30.4-44.6 0.3 0.8% 40.2 32.5-47.9 0.1 0.2%

CI – confidence interval

*Exact-match and ecological estimates are significantly different at the P < 0.05 level.