Table 1.
Demographic and SES of the study participants and the prevalence of caesarean delivery.
| Caesarean delivery | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Participants, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | χ2 | p-Value |
| Individual-level characteristics | |||||
| Age (years) | |||||
| 15‒19 | 676 (13.8) | 436 (64.5) | 240 (35.5) | 22.89 | 0.006* |
| 20‒24 | 1677 (34.2) | 1105 (65.9) | 573 (34.1) | ||
| 25‒29 | 1362 (27.8) | 953 (70.0) | 409 (30.0) | ||
| 30‒34 | 837 (17.1) | 592 (70.7) | 245 (29.3) | ||
| 35‒39 | 288 (5.9) | 177 (61.5) | 111 (38.5) | ||
| 40‒49 | 63 (1.3) | 43 (68.3) | 20 (31.7) | ||
| Educational status | |||||
| Pre-primary or none | 203 (4.1) | 113 (55.7) | 90 (44.3) | 108.11 | <0.001* |
| Primary | 762 (15.6) | 440 (57.7) | 323 (42.3) | ||
| Secondary | 2636 (53.8) | 1742 (66.1) | 894 (33.9) | ||
| Higher secondary or higher | 1301 (26.5) | 1010 (77.6) | 291 (22.4) | ||
| Household wealth status | |||||
| Poorest | 508 (10.4) | 257 (50.6) | 251 (49.4) | 103.82 | <0.001* |
| Poor | 714 (14.6) | 450 (62.9) | 265 (37.1) | ||
| Middle | 940 (19.2) | 637 (67.8) | 303 (32.2) | ||
| Rich | 1191 (24.3) | 809 (67.9) | 382 (32.1) | ||
| Richest | 1549 (31.6) | 1152 (74.3) | 398 (25.7) | ||
| Received ANC (at least once) | |||||
| No | 304 (6.2) | 154 (50.7) | 150 (49.3) | 41.13 | <0.001* |
| Yes | 4598 (93.8) | 3151 (68.5) | 1448 (31.5) | ||
| Delivery in private health facility | |||||
| No | 1462 (29.8) | 514 (35.2) | 948 (64.8) | 969.13 | <0.001* |
| Yes | 3440 (70.2) | 2791 (81.1) | 650 (18.9) | ||
| Watch television (almost every day) | |||||
| No | 1736 (35.4) | 1034 (59.6) | 702 (40.4) | 74.13 | <0.001* |
| Yes | 3167 (64.6) | 2271 (71.7) | 896 (28.3) | ||
| Pregnancy was wanted | |||||
| Yes | 3844 (78.4) | 2612 (68.0) | 1232 (32.0) | 2.35 | 0.187 |
| No | 1058 (21.6) | 693 (65.4) | 366 (34.6) | ||
| Community-level characteristics | |||||
| Residence | |||||
| Rural | 3540 (72.7) | 2352 (66.4) | 1189 (33.6) | 5.46 | 0.065 |
| Urban | 1362 (27.8) | 953 (70.0) | 409 (30.0) | ||
| Division | |||||
| Barishal | 190 (3.9) | 131 (69.3) | 58 (30.7) | 155.59 | <0.001* |
| Chattogram | 1026 (20.9) | 583 (56.8) | 443 (43.2) | ||
| Dhaka | 1376 (28.1) | 1040 (75.6) | 336 (24.4) | ||
| Khulna | 661 (13.5) | 487 (73.8) | 173 (26.2) | ||
| Mymensingh | 238 (4.9) | 156 (65.5) | 82 (34.5) | ||
| Rajshahi | 612 (12.5) | 435 (71.1) | 177 (18.9) | ||
| Rangpur | 493 (10.1) | 321 (65.1) | 172 (34.9) | ||
| Sylhet | 307 (6.3) | 151 (49.2) | 156 (50.8) | ||
| Overall | 4903 (100) | 3305 (67.4) | 1598 (32.6) | ||
*Significant at p<0.05.