Table 3.

Within country cesarean section rates, by socioeconomic status, place of delivery and place of residence in Kenya 2014 and Tanzania 2015–16

	Overall, N = 13,372	Kenya, N = 8738		Tanzania = 4634
	(95% CI)	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban
All	12.0 (11.5–12.6)	11.3	15.5	7.8	13.4
Wealth status
Poorest	7.8 (6.6–9.0)	7.8	10.5	7.2	Missing
Poorer	9.3 (8.1–10.4)	11.2	10.6	5.0	8.6
Middle	10.4 (8.8–9.1)	11.6	11.9	7.9	6.7
Richer	12.1 (11.0–13.2)	13.5	14.2	9.5	8.5
Richest	17.7 (16.4–19.0)	15.6	19.1	1.0	17.5
Education level
No education	6.9 (5.4–8.2)	6.8	8.8	5.3	8.5
Primary	10.4 (9.7–11.1)	10.8	12.9	7.6	10.2
Secondary	13.6 (12.5–14.7)	11.7	15.1	10.3	17.9
Higher	23.5 (21.0–26.0)	17.8	25.8	7.7	35.4
Maternal occupation
Not working	10.3 (9.0–11.6)	10.6	11.3	8.0	10.7
Managerial, technical, clerical	21.8 (18.7–24.8)	14.6	19.7	20.2	37.5
Self-employed farmer	8.6 (7.6–9.6)	11.4	12.7	6.9	8.5
Manual, domestic services	11.5 (10.4–12.6)	10.3	14.9	8.2	12.2
Health insurance
No	9.9 (9.2–10.6)	9.9	12.7	7.5	11.7
Yes	18.2 (16.1–20.3)	17.5	19.2	10.7	29.2
Health facility of birth
Government	10 (9.7–10.8)	10.0	13.7	5.7	11.7
NGO or religious	19.5 (17.9–21.0)	18.4	20.6	18.5	19.9
Private		N/A	N/A	4.2	25.9