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 |