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. 2020 Jan 20;20:46. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-2730-8

Table 2.

Percentage of women delivering in public and private facilities reporting receiving each component of immediate postpartum care and all components, by type of residence, household wealth and type of delivery on the 2014 Egypt DHS

Baby breastfed in < 1 h Baby weighed Mother checked before discharge Minimum acceptable lentgh of stay All four components
Public Private p-value Public Private p-value Public Private p-value Public Private p-value Public Private p-value
Type of residence
 Urban 26% 23% 0.121 68% 75% 0.002 93% 95% 0.029 14% 6% < 0.001 2% 1% 0.213
 Rural 31% 25% < 0.001 57% 66% < 0.001 87% 91% < 0.001 14% 5% < 0.001 3% 1% < 0.001
Household wealth
 Poorer 30% 23% 0.002 52% 59% 0.002 85% 89% 0.002 16% 5% < 0.001 2% 1% < 0.001
 Wealthier 26% 23% 0.127 71% 75% 0.017 93% 95% 0.019 13% 6% < 0.001 2% 1% 0.090
Type of delivery
 Vaginal 40% 36% 0.045 55% 63% < 0.001 84% 85% 0.703 18% 11% < 0.001 4% 2% 0.009
 C-section 17% 19% 0.395 69% 71% 0.067 95% 96% 0.284 9% 2% < 0.001 1% 0% 0.001
All women 29% 24% < 0.001 62% 69% < 0.001 89% 92% < 0.001 14% 5% < 0.001 2% 1% < 0.001