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Table 2 Factors associated with presence of a skilled birth attendant during delivery

From: The impact of mobile phone based messages on maternal and child healthcare behaviour: a retrospective cross-sectional survey in Bangladesh

Variables

Presence of skilled birth attendant at delivery

At home by unskilled birth attendant

N = 58

At home by skilled birth attendant

N = 111

At health facilities a

N = 307

n (%)

RRR (95%CI)

n (%)

RRR (95%CI)

n (%)

RRR

Exposure to intervention

 No

35/266 (13%)

1.6 (0.84–2.9)

57/266 (21%)

1.2 (0.71–1.9)

174/266 (66%)

1.0

 Yes a

23/210 (11%)

1.0

54/210 (26%)

1.0

133/210 (63%)

1.0

Age

  < 25

32/277 (11%)

1.4 (0.64–3.0)

66/277 (24%)

2.7 (1.4–5.3) **

179/277 (65%)

1.0

 25 or more a

26/199 (13%)

1.0

45/199 (23%)

1.0

128/199 (64%)

1.0

Education

 No or primary education

35/186 (19%)

12.5 (3.5–45.0)* *

61/186 (33%)

4.6 (2.2–9.5)* *

90/186 (48%)

1.0

 Junior secondary

20/152 (13%)

6.4 (1.8–22.9)* *

31/152 (20%)

1.9 (0.94–3.9)

101/152 (67%)

1.0

 Secondary a

3/138 (2%)

1.0

19/138 (14%)

1.0

116/138 (84%)

1.0

Income

  < 10,000BDT

40/223 (18%)

2.6 (1.3–5.1) *

61/223 (27%)

1.3 (0.77–2.2)

122/223 (55%)

1.0

 10,000 BDT or above a

18/253 (7%)

1.0

50/253 (20%)

1.0

185/253 (73%)

1.0

Birth order

 1

22/203 (11%)

0.71 (0.25–2.0)

41/203 (20%)

0.22 (0.96–0.52) *

140/203 (69%)

1.0

 2

23/708 (13%)

0.81 (0.33–1.9)

36/178 (20%)

0.29 (0.14–0.59) *

119/178 (67%)

1.0

 3 or more a

13/95 (14%)

1.0

34/95 (36%)

1.0

48/95 (50%)

1.0

Residence

 Rural

25/215 (11%)

1.4 (0.72–2.9)

53/215 (25%)

2.1 (1.2–3.8) *

137/215 (64%)

1.0

 Urban a

33/261 (13%)

1.0

58/261 (22%)

1.0

170/261 (65%)

1.0

Districts

 District A

11/62 (18%)

12.1 (3.7–40.1) **

28/61 (46%)

11.3 (4.6–27.6) **

22/61 (36%)

1.0

 District B

15/116 (13%)

2.2 (0.83–5.9)

11/116 (77%)

0.38 (0.16–0.91) *

90/116 (10%)

1.0

 District C

17/115 (15%)

4.5 (1.6–12.3) **

32/115 (28%)

2.5 (1.2–5.2) *

66/115 (57%)

1.0

 District D

7/62 (11%)

2.3 (0.65–8.2)

16/62 (26%)

2.2 (0.86–5.6)

39/62 (63%)

1.0

 District E a

8/122 (7%)

1.0

24/122 (20%)

1.0

90/122 (74%)

1.0

  1. adelivery at health facilities, exposure to intervention, age 25 years or more, secondary education, income above 10,000 BDT, birth order 3 or more, urban residence and district E are reference category and RRR is expressed as 1.0. Significance is expressed as * when p < 0.05 and ** at p < 0.005