Table 1.
Background characteristics and skilled birth attendance
| Variables | Sierra Leone (n = 6461) | Niger (n = 7432) | Mali (n = 6502) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Utilised SBAs at delivery (%) | Frequency | Utilised SBAs at delivery (%) | Frequency | Utilised SBAs at delivery (%) | |
| Age | ||||||
| 15–19 | 417 | 45.5 | 542 | 35.4 | 534 | 37.9 |
| 20–24 | 1150 | 48.8 | 1548 | 34.8 | 1343 | 39.9 |
| 25–29 | 1677 | 48.3 | 1916 | 32.6 | 1738 | 40.9 |
| 30–34 | 1350 | 45.0 | 1558 | 30.9 | 1369 | 42.0 |
| 35–39 | 1118 | 42.5 | 1064 | 32.3 | 925 | 38.7 |
| 40–44 | 472 | 38.4 | 573 | 33.3 | 441 | 39.0 |
| 45–49 | 277 | 34.7 | 231 | 23.2 | 152 | 24.7 |
| Place of residence | ||||||
| Rural | 1544 | 37.7 | 1042 | 24.2 | 1283 | 28.4 |
| Urban | 4917 | 69.1 | 6390 | 84.6 | 5219 | 86.5 |
| Level of education | ||||||
| No education | 4638 | 40.2 | 6303 | 27.1 | 5404 | 34.6 |
| Primary | 938 | 49.3 | 760 | 56.3 | 585 | 52.5 |
| Secondary | 822 | 65.2 | 343 | 76.8 | 470 | 79.1 |
| Higher | 63 | 94.4 | 26 | 98.0 | 43 | 96.4 |
| Wealth status | ||||||
| Poorest | 1534 | 32.9 | 1465 | 13.5 | 1339 | 16.4 |
| Poorer | 1394 | 36.1 | 1477 | 21.3 | 1360 | 21.7 |
| Middle | 1397 | 39.1 | 1537 | 25.0 | 1326 | 24.7 |
| Richer | 1226 | 54.6 | 1566 | 33.0 | 1321 | 55.9 |
| Richest | 910 | 75.9 | 1387 | 72.9 | 1156 | 87.4 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 5862 | 44.6 | 7256 | 32.2 | 6360 | 39.6 |
| Cohabitation | 268 | 54.3 | 10 | 51.9 | 71 | 55.7 |
| Widowed | 111 | 48.6 | 43 | 32.7 | 28 | 17.7 |
| Divorced | 40 | 36.7 | 113 | 53.3 | 21 | 60.5 |
| Separated | 180 | 50.7 | 10 | 74.9 | 22 | 82.8 |
| Partner’s educational level | ||||||
| No education | 4272 | 37.4 | 6072 | 26.5 | 5356 | 34.2 |
| Primary | 552 | 48.7 | 813 | 49.9 | 474 | 48.3 |
| Secondary | 1318 | 62.8 | 421 | 69.1 | 550 | 77.2 |
| Higher | 319 | 71.3 | 126 | 93.7 | 122 | 86.6 |
| Health Insurance | ||||||
| No | 6421 | 45.0 | 7316 | 31.9 | 6356 | 39.7 |
| Yes | 40 | 73.6 | 116 | 80.4 | 146 | 47.3 |
| Number of ANC visits | ||||||
| Less than four | 810 | 25.9 | 5000 | 26.8 | 3803 | 24.1 |
| Four or more | 5651 | 48.0 | 2432 | 44.7 | 2699 | 62.1 |
| Skilled ANC provider | ||||||
| No | 2056 | 4.7 | 1285 | 4.4 | 3436 | 7.2 |
| Yes | 4405 | 64.1 | 6147 | 38.5 | 3066 | 76.5 |
| Getting medical help for self: money needed for treatment | ||||||
| Big problem | 4566 | 40.3 | 4561 | 28.4 | 3445 | 33.7 |
| Not a big problem | 1895 | 57.0 | 2871 | 39.3 | 3057 | 46.8 |
| Getting medical help for self: distance to health facility | ||||||
| Big problem | 2937 | 30.5 | 3278 | 24.4 | 2359 | 28.8 |
| Not a big problem | 3524 | 57.5 | 4154 | 39.1 | 4143 | 46.2 |
| Getting medical help for self: getting permission to go | ||||||
| Big problem | 1117 | 43.5 | 1534 | 33.4 | 1911 | 36.4 |
| Not a big problem | 5344 | 45.6 | 5898 | 32.4 | 4591 | 41.3 |
| Listening to radio | ||||||
| Not at all | 2735 | 33.3 | 2679 | 24.9 | 1969 | 28.8 |
| Less than once a week | 1398 | 52.7 | 2182 | 32.2 | 1535 | 36.6 |
| At least once a week | 2328 | 54.6 | 2571 | 41.1 | 2998 | 48.8 |
| Watching television | ||||||
| Not at all | 5690 | 41.5 | 5795 | 25.0 | 3399 | 26 |
| Less than once a week | 290 | 64.6 | 826 | 40.6 | 1242 | 41.7 |
| At least once a week | 481 | 77.1 | 811 | 79.0 | 1861 | 63.7 |
Source Computed from Mali DHS (2012–2013), Niger DHS (2012) and Sierra Leone DHS (2013)