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Table 2 Maternal health-seeking behaviours among ever-married women for most recent birth

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

Health-seeking behaviour outcome

Variable type

Samples and missing data

Distribution of outcome in analysed sample and 95% CI

Eligible sample and recall period

Eligible sample (size)

Missing data (%)

Analysed sample (size)

Antenatal care (ANC)

1.

Used ANC

Binary

All women with birth 5 years prior to survey

7,896

-

7,896

74.2% (72.8 - 75.6)

2.

ANC in 1 st trimester of pregnancy

Binary

All women with birth 5 years prior to survey who used any ANC

5,861

0.2

5,851

82.5% (81.3 - 83.7)

3.

Regular use of ANC (4+ visits)

Binary

All women with birth 5 years prior to survey who used any ANC

5,861

0.9

5,798

90.6% (89.7 - 91.4)

4.

ANC from private provider

Binary

All women with birth 5 years prior to survey who used any ANC

5,861

-

5,861

76.6% (74.9 - 78.1)

5.

Public provider: ANC free of charge

Binary

All women with birth 1 year prior to survey who used public ANC

426

1.6

419

38.1% (32.7 - 43.7)

6.

Public provider: Cost of ANC (EGP)

Continuous

All women with birth 1 year prior to survey who used public ANC and paid for care

259

-

259

GM 2.0 (1.7 - 2.3)

7.

Private provider: Cost of ANC (EGP)

Continuous

All women with birth 1 year prior to survey who used private ANC and paid for care

1,633

3.6

1,575

GM 18.4 (17.8 – 19.1)

Delivery care

8.

Delivered in a health facility

Binary

All women with birth 5 years prior to survey

7,896

<0.1

7,893

72.4% (70.8 - 73.9)

9.

Used private delivery facility

Binary

All women with birth 5 years prior to survey who delivered in a health facility

5,715

-

5,715

63.0% (61.1 - 64.9)

10.

Public provider: Delivery free of charge

Binary

All women with birth 1 year prior to survey who delivered in a public health facility

700

12.7

611

24.1% (20.3 – 28.3)

11.

Public provider: Cost of delivery (EGP)

Continuous

All women with birth 1 year prior to survey who delivered in a public health facility and paid for delivery

464

-

464

GM 96.6 (83.5 – 111.7)

12.

Private provider: Cost of delivery (EGP)

Continuous

All women with birth 1 year prior to survey who delivered in a private health facility and paid for delivery

1,262

11.8

1,113

GM 489.8 (462.5 – 518.7)

  1. Complex survey design was accounted for in calculations of proportions, means and confidence intervals. EGP: Egyptian pound 95%CI: 95% confidence interval GM: Geometric mean.