Table 3.

Percentage of young women aged 15–24 who had at least four visits for ANC and SBA for most recent birth in the 5 years preceding the survey according to background characteristics, Nepal DHS 2016

	4+ ANC visits			Skilled birth attendant
Background characteristics	%	95% CI	p-value (χ2)	%	95% CI	p-value (χ2)	Number
Mother’s age at birth
< 20	73.2	[68.7–77.3]	0.268	68.6	[64.0–72.8]	0.177	792
20–25	70.2	[65.7–74.4]		65.0	[60.8–69.0]		813
Education
No education	54.1	[45.7–62.2]	0.000	52.2	[44.3–60.0]	0.000	307
Primary	63.0	[56.5–69.0]		56.6	[49.8–63.2]		350
Secondary	76.9	[72.4–80.9]		72.5	[67.7–76.9]		599
SLC & above	86.9	[82.9–90.1]		79.9	[74.9–84.1]		349
Working status
Not working	65.3	[59.7–70.6]	0.000	69.3	[64.7–73.5]	0.104	707
Working	76.7	[73.1–80.0]		64.8	[60.5–68.9]		899
Caste/ethnicity
Brahman/Chhetri	82.2	[77.6–86.0]	0.000	72.3	[66.1–77.8]	0.033	399
Terai caste	63.6	[53.5–72.6]		62.9	[55.4–69.8]		334
Dalit	67.2	[59.4–74.1]		57.9	[51.1–64.3]		241
Janajati	73.3	[67.8–78.3]		68.2	[61.7–74.1]		517
Muslim	60.7	[48.6–71.6]		70.9	[59.7–80.0]		114
Wealth quintile
Poorest	64.6	[57.9–70.8]	0.007	45.5	[39.0–52.1]	0.000	314
Poorer	70.1	[64.1–75.5]		58.5	[52.1–64.6]		371
Middle	69.9	[62.9–76.0]		73.6	[67.7–78.7]		397
Richer	77.6	[71.4–82.8]		76.2	[70.7–80.9]		355
Richest	80.2	[71.5–86.8]		88.9	[80.7–93.9]		169
Birth order
1	78.7	[75.3–81.8]	0.000	74.7	[71.1–78.1]	0.000	1034
2	61.3	[55.1–67.2]		55.8	[49.6–61.8]		434
3+	51.6	[42.1–61.0]		41.5	[31.8–51.8]		138
Fertility preference
Wants no more children	64.1	[59.1–68.7]	0.000	62.8	[58.1–67.2]	0.005	685
Wants more children	76.9	[73.0–80.5]		69.1	[65.1–72.9]		854
Undecided	82.7	[70.2–90.6]		77.8	[65.9–86.3]		67
Women’s participation in decision-making
No	68.7	[64.1–73.0]	0.021	64.0	[59.6–68.2]	0.045	783
One or more decisions	74.6	[70.4–78.4]		69.3	[65.0–73.4]		810
Exposure to media (at least once a week)
Not exposed	62.5	[56.7–68.0]	0.000	56.9	[52.2–61.4]	0.000	687
Exposed	78.5	[75.0–81.7]		74.2	[69.9–78.1]		919
Total	71.7	[68.1–75.0]		66.8	[63.3–70.1]		1606