Table 3. The average annual rate of increase in the utilization of SBAs during delivery in Bangladesh, according to background characteristics in the 2007 to 2017–2018 BDHS data.
| Variable | 2017 | 2014 | 2011 | 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skilled delivery assistant (%) | Percent AARI (2014–2017) | Skilled delivery assistant (%) | Percent AARI (2011–2014) | Skilled delivery assistant (%) | Percent AARI (2007–2011) | Skilled delivery assistant (%) | Percent AARI (total, 2007–2017) | |
| Residence | ||||||||
| Rural | 30.59 | 1.22 | 29.50 | 22.59 | 16.01 | 16.17 | 8.79 | 13.28 |
| Urban | 22.76 | 15.69 | 14.70 | -3.35 | 16.28 | 3.84 | 14.00 | 4.98 |
| Religion | ||||||||
| Islam | 47.96 | 5.95 | 40.32 | 13.26 | 27.75 | 8.28 | 20.19 | 9.04 |
| Others | 5.39 | 10.64 | 3.98 | -4.29 | 4.54 | 14.84 | 2.61 | 7.52 |
| Respondent education | ||||||||
| Up to primary | 11.21 | 1.75 | 10.64 | 10.06 | 7.98 | 13.32 | 4.84 | 8.76 |
| Secondary and above | 42.13 | 7.76 | 33.67 | 11.47 | 24.31 | 7.88 | 17.95 | 8.91 |
| Age at first birth | ||||||||
| Less or equal 18 | 25.15 | 4.51 | 22.03 | 12.46 | 15.49 | 12.24 | 9.76 | 9.93 |
| Greater or equal 19 | 28.19 | 8.16 | 22.28 | 9.87 | 16.80 | 6.56 | 13.03 | 8.02 |
| Respondent occupation | ||||||||
| Not working | 21.85 | - | - | - | 0.25 | - 65.66 | 17.97 | 1.98 |
| Working | 35.54 | - | - | - | 31.41 | 59.78 | 4.82 | 22.12 |
| Husband occupation | ||||||||
| Farming, labour-intensive and others | 18.13 | 8.23 | 14.30 | 10.36 | 10.64 | 10.10 | 7.24 | 9.61 |
| Job and business | 22.90 | -8.62 | 30.01 | 11.49 | 21.65 | 8.63 | 15.55 | 3.95 |
| Wealth index | ||||||||
| Poorest | 14.15 | 13.77 | 9.61 | 20.44 | 5.50 | 22.53 | 2.44 | 19.22 |
| Middle | 9.71 | 6.23 | 8.10 | 16.90 | 5.07 | 19.82 | 2.46 | 14.72 |
| Rich | 29.49 | 3.49 | 26.60 | 6.99 | 21.72 | 4.97 | 17.89 | 5.13 |
| Husband education | ||||||||
| Up to primary | 18.28 | 5.43 | 15.60 | 14.25 | 10.46 | 14.43 | 6.10 | 11.60 |
| Secondary and above | 35.07 | 6.89 | 28.71 | 9.56 | 21.83 | 6.94 | 16.69 | 7.71 |
| Media exposure | ||||||||
| No | 12.66 | 9.36 | 9.68 | 24.06 | 5.07 | 12.28 | 3.19 | 14.78 |
| Yes | 40.69 | 5.52 | 34.63 | 8.36 | 27.22 | 8.54 | 19.61 | 7.57 |
| Birth order | ||||||||
| More than one | 28.60 | 8.57 | 22.35 | 9.08 | 17.22 | 10.33 | 11.62 | 9.42 |
| One | 24.74 | 4.05 | 21.96 | 13.37 | 15.07 | 7.77 | 11.17 | 8.28 |
| ANC visits | ||||||||
| No ANC visits | 1.12 | -27.59 | 2.95 | -44.46 | 17.22 | 73.51 | 1.90 | -5.15 |
| 1 to 8 ANC visits | 47.03 | 6.28 | 39.18 | 14.04 | 26.42 | 9.36 | 18.47 | 9.79 |
| More than 8 ANC visits | 5.20 | 33.82 | 2.17 | -3.57 | 2.42 | 0.00 | 2.42 | 7.95 |
| Health care choice | ||||||||
| Husband or others | 13.94 | -20.49 | 27.74 | 34.35 | 11.44 | -7.42 | 15.57 | -1.09 |
| Respondent alone or respondent and husband | 39.41 | 33.51 | 16.56 | -7.39 | 20.85 | 30.36 | 7.22 | 18.49 |
| BMI | ||||||||
| Normal | 30.59 | 6.63 | 25.23 | 11.69 | 18.11 | 16.53 | 9.82 | 12.03 |
| Not normal | 22.76 | 6.05 | 19.08 | 10.39 | 14.18 | 2.25 | 12.97 | 5.78 |
| Wanted pregnancy | ||||||||
| No more | 2.99 | -0.77 | 3.06 | 6.27 | 2.55 | 2.84 | 2.28 | 2.75 |
| Yes | 50.35 | 6.88 | 41.24 | 11.51 | 29.74 | 9.72 | 20.52 | 9.39 |