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Table 2 Distribution of variables by delivery location

From: Factors associated with non-utilisation of health service for childbirth in Timor-Leste: evidence from the 2009-2010 Demographic and Health Survey

Factor

Home delivery (N = 4472)

Facility delivery(N = 1514)

P*

 

n (%; 95% CI)#

n (%; 95% CI)#

 

Individual level factors

   

Maternal age (years)

  

< 0.001

≤ 19

147 (3.0; 2.5, 3.7)

44 (2.6; 1.9, 3.7)

 

20-34

2684 (58.1; 56.4, 59.8)

879 (66.9; 63.6, 70.1)

 

35-49

1817 (38.9; 37.2, 40.5)

415 (30.5; 27.5, 33.6)

 

Maternal education

  

< 0.001

Secondary or higher

1395 (30.1; 28.3, 31.9)

861 (67.7; 64.8, 70.5)

 

Primary

1418 (30.1; 28.3, 32.0)

296 (20.0; 17.8, 22.5)

 

No education

1835 (39.8; 37.7, 42.1)

181 (12.3, 10.4, 14.4)

 

Paternal education

  

< 0.001

Secondary or higher

1710 (36.4; 34.5, 38.3)

883 (68.3; 65.4, 71.1)

 

Primary

1398 (29.7; 28.2, 31.2)

287 (19.9; 17.4, 22.7)

 

No education

1540 (33.9; 32.1, 35.8)

168 (11.8; 10.1, 13.7)

 

Maternal occupation

  

< 0.001

Not working

2652 (57.9; 56.0, 59.7)

956 (72.0; 69.0, 74.8)

 

Working

1996 (42.1; 40.3, 44.0)

382 (28.0; 25.2, 31.0)

 

Birth order

  

< 0.001

1

571 (12.2; 11.2, 13.3)

282 (19.9; 17.8, 22.1)

 

2-3

1241 (26.8; 25.5, 28.2)

493 (35.7; 32.4, 39.1)

 

≥ 4

2836 (61.0; 59.3, 62.8)

617 (44.4; 41.2, 47.7)

 

Frequency of antenatal care visits

  

< 0.001

≥ 4

2409 (50.5; 48.2, 52.8)

932 (68.2; 64.5, 71.7)

 

1-3

1471 (32.4; 30.5, 34.3)

389 (30.6; 27.2, 34.1)

 

0

768 (17.1; 15.4, 19.0)

17 (1.2; 0.7, 2.1)

 

Antenatal service components

  

< 0.001

0

861 (19.0; 17.2, 21.0)

22 (1.4; 0.9, 2.3)

 

1

183 (3.8; 3.2, 4.5)

27 (2.1; 1.4, 3.1)

 

2

2914 (61.9; 59.8, 64.0)

858 (65.9; 62.0, 69.5)

 

3

419 (9.4; 8.3, 10.5)

248 (17.1; 14.9, 19.5)

 

4

271 (5.9; 5.1, 6.9)

183 (13.5; 11.1, 16.4)

 

Intake of iron during pregnancy

  

< 0.001

Yes

2914 (59.4; 57.0, 61.7)

986 (74.0; 69.1, 78.3)

 

No

1730 (40.6; 38.3, 43.0)

350 (26.0; 21.7, 30.9)

 

Pregnancy complications

  

0.131

Present

4340 (93.3; 92.2, 94.3)

1270 (95.0; 92.9, 96.5)

 

Absent

308 (6.7; 5.7, 7.8)

68 ( 5.0; 3.5, 7.1)

 

Age of mother at childbirth

  

< 0.001

≤ 19

342 (7.2; 6.4, 8.1)

120 (7.8; 6.2, 9.7)

 

20-34

3017 (64.9; 63.3, 66.4)

951 (72.3; 69.0, 75.3)

 

35-49

1289 (27.9; 26.4, 29.4)

267 (19.9; 17.4, 22.8)

 

Household level factors

   

Religion

  

0.290

Roman Catholic

4550 (98.1; 97.5, 98.6)

1307 (97.5; 95.8, 98.5)

 

Others

98 (1.9; 1.4, 2.5)

31 (2.5; 1.5, 4.2)

 

Wealth status

  

< 0.001

Rich (upper 20%)

406 (10.2; 8.7, 11.9)

582 (51.9; 47.3, 56.4)

 

Middle (middle 40%)

1907 (40.9; 38.7,43.1)

549 (35.2; 31.4, 39.3)

 

Poor (lower 40%)

2335 (48.9; 46.4, 51.4)

207 (12.9; 10.9, 15.2)

 

Community level factors

   

Residential location

  

< 0.001

Urban

740 (14.4; 12.8, 16.2)

643 (55.3; 50.8, 59.6)

 

Rural

3908 (85.6; 83.8, 87.2)

695 (44.7; 40.4, 49.2)

 
  1. *Chi-square test of association; #Adjusted for clustering and sampling weight.