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Table 1 Distribution of demographic, socio-economic and delivery-related variables in study samples

From: A mediation approach to understanding socio-economic inequalities in maternal health-seeking behaviours in Egypt

Characteristics

Sample of women

All women with live birth in recall period

ANC users

Facility delivery users

All

ANC cost available

All

Delivery cost available

Recall period

5 years

1 year

5 years

1 year

1 year

5 years

1 year

1 year

Sample name

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Sample size

7,896

2,581

5,861

2,058

1,994

5,715

1,962

1,724

Age group

14-19 (%)

9.2

10.9

9.4

10.8

10.7

9.3

11.0

10.9

 

20-24

32.5

35.6

33.5

36.2

36.1

31.8

35.6

35.5

 

25-29

30.6

29.8

31.1

30.4

30.4

31.2

30.0

29.9

 

30-34

16.6

14.7

15.7

14.0

14.1

16.4

14.3

14.1

 

35-39

8.7

7.5

8.2

7.3

7.3

8.9

7.7

8.0

 

40-49

2.4

1.5

2.1

1.3

1.4

2.4

1.4

1.6

 

X 2 p value

<0.001

 

0.824*

 

0.750*

Parity

1 (%)

26.6

34.0

30.6

37.4

37.3

30.6

38.4

37.9

 

2

28.1

26.9

28.8

26.5

26.4

29.0

26.9

27.8

 

3

21.6

19.8

21.2

19.2

19.4

21.2

19.1

18.9

 

4 or more

23.7

19.3

19.4

16.9

16.9

19.2

15.6

15.4

 

X 2 p value

<0.001

 

0.254*

 

0.219*

Household status

Female head (%)

78.0

73.6

79.3

74.5

74.6

79.7

74.7

73.9

 

X 2 p value

<0.001

 

0.241*

 

0.033*

Desire for pregnancy

Unwanted (%)

15.3

14.0

13.7

12.1

12.3

13.7

12.3

12.8

 

Wanted

84.7

86.0

86.3

87.9

87.7

86.3

87.7

87.8

 

Missing

<0.1

<0.1

<0.1

0.0

<0.1

<0.1

0.0

<0.1

 

X 2 p value

0.003

 

0.182*

 

0.110*

Need for contraception

Unmet (%)

12.2

12.7

11.3

11.8

11.8

11.4

12.7

12.8

 

X 2 p value

0.428

 

0.811*

 

0.695*

Region

Urban (%)

38.2

37.4

43.8

41.8

41.5

45.3

43.0

43.6

 

Rural

61.8

62.6

56.2

58.2

58.5

54.7

57.0

56.4

 

X 2 p value

0.419

 

0.066*

 

0.189*

C-section delivery

Yes (%)

29.2

31.5

34.3

35.5

35.4

40.3

41.5

42.7

 

X 2 p value

0.007

 

0.744*

 

0.005*

Socio-cultural capital

Mean

0.027

0.061

0.137

0.134

0.132

0.138

0.146

0.152

 

(SE)

(0.0118)

(0.0158)

(0.0123)

(0.0166)

(0.0165)

(0.0128)

(0.0172)

(0.0178)

 

T test p value

0.001

 

0.155**

 

0.142**

Economic capital

Mean

0.064

0.063

0.177

0.148

0.145

0.198

0.175

0.177

 

(SE)

(0.0133)

(0.0169)

(0.0139)

(0.0178)

(0.0172)

(0.0144)

(0.0184)

(0.0195)

 

T test p value

0.968

 

0.106**

 

0.379**

  1. SE: standard error. Complex survey design (weighting, clustering and stratification) was accounted for in calculations of proportions and sample sizes reported.
  2. *Testing the hypothesis that users of ANC/facility delivery services in the last year before survey who had missing data in the variable for cost of those services were drawn from the same population as users with available cost information.
  3. **T test p value testing that the difference in mean SEP scores between samples of women is 0.