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Table 3 Factors associated of place of delivery in Sudan, 2010

From: Factors associated with antenatal and delivery care in Sudan: analysis of the 2010 Sudan household survey

n = 5680

Place of delivery

P- Value

 

Home delivery

Institutional delivery

 

External environment

   

 Area of residence-Missing: 389 (6.4 %)

   

 Rural

3501 (85.4 %)

600 (14.6 %)

0.001

 Urban

895 (60.3 %)

590 (39.7 %)

Predisposing factors

  

 Maternal age-Missing: 389 (6.7 %)

   

 Younger age group

3363 (78.9 %)

898 (21.1 %)

0.462

 Older age group

1034 (78 %)

292 (22 %)

 Education-Missing: 389 (6.4 %)

   

 None

2282 (91.2 %)

220 (8.8 %)

0.001

 Primary

1419 (74.6 %)

482 (25.4 %)

 Secondary +

448 (49.2 %)

463 (50.8 %)

 Adult/informal education

247 (90.5 %)

26 (9.5 %)

 Wealth index quintiles-Missing: 390 (6.4 %)

   

 Poorest

1253 (95.6 %)

57 (4.4 %)

0.001

 Second

1126 (90.4 %)

119 (9.6 %)

 Middle

1043 (83 %)

214 (17 %)

 Fourth

683 (64.6 %)

374 (35.4 %)

 Richest

292 (40.6 %)

427 (59.4 %)

 Working status-Missing: 488 (8.1 %)

   

 Not working

4084 (79.3 %)

1069 (20.7 %)

0.001

 Working

220 (65.5 %)

116 (34.5 %)

 Parity (number of pregnancies)-Missing: 390 (6.4 %)

   

  > 2

3056 (84.2 %)

572 (15.8 %)

0.001

 1–2

1340 (68.4 %)

619 (31.6 %)

Enabling factors

   

 Received ANC-Missing: 94 (1.7 %)

   

 Yes

3200 (74 %)

1126 (26 %)

0.001

 No

1196 (94.9 %)

64 (5.1 %)

 Need factors

  

Complications during pregnancy-Missing: 2419 (42.6 %)

   

 No/non-serious complication

1425 (81.3 %)

327 (18.7 %)

0.001

 Serious complication

1147 (76 %)

362 (24 %)