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Table 1 Percentage distribution and 95% confidence intervals of sample sociodemographic characteristics by place of delivery

From: Why not? Understanding the spatial clustering of private facility-based delivery and financial reasons for homebirths in Nigeria

 

Number of most recent births

Place of delivery

Outside of a health facility

Public health facility

Private Health facility

N proportion

20,467

12,818

5100

2620

(100)

62.6 (59.8,65.3)

23.8 (22.0,25.6)

13.6 (11.9,15.5)

Area of residence

Urban

6790

36.8 (32.6,41.2)

36.3 (33.5,36.3)

26.9 (23.2,30.8)

Rural

13,402

76.9 (74.2,79.4)

16.8 (15.0,18.8)

6.3 (5.2,7.7)

Wealth quintile

Poorest

4379

93.8 (92.4,95.0)

5.0 (4.1,6.1)

1.2 (0.8,1.9)

Poorer

4603

81.8 (79.2,84.1)

13.4 (11.7,15.3)

4.8 (3.7,6.2)

Middle

4069

62.2 (58.7,65.5)

26.6 (24.0,29.3)

11.3 (9.4,13.4)

Richer

3798

42.5 (38.9,46.1)

39.4 (36.5,42.3)

18.2 (15.7,20.9)

Richest

3343

18.6 (16.2,21.3)

42.5 (38.7,46.3)

38.9 (34.3,43.7)

Maternal education

No education

9171

88.0 (86.4,89.5)

10.2 (8.9,11.6)

1.8 (1.4,2.3)

Primary

4113

57.1 (54.0,60.3)

27.5 (25.2,29.9)

15.4 (13.4,17.6)

Secondary

5565

33.8 (31.1,36.5)

39.0 (36.4,41.6)

27.2 (24.0,30.7)

Higher

1343

8.3 (8.3,10.7)

51.3 (46.7,55.9)

40.4 (35.5,45.5)

Health insurance

Yes

363

14.7 (10.4,20.4)

50.6 (43.8,57.4)

34.7 (27.8,42.3)

No

19,829

63.4 (60.6,66.1)

23.3 (21.6,25.1)

13.3 (11.6,15.1)

Parity

First birth

3624

51.7 (48.3,55.0)

31.4 (28.9,34.0)

16.9 (14.6,19.5)

Higher order birth(s)

16,568

65.0 (62.2,67.7)

22.1 (20.4,23.9)

12.9 (11.3,14.7)

Geopolitical zones

North Central

3095

53.0 (47.4,58.5)

31.3 (27.7,35.2)

15.7 (12.7,19.3)

North East

4001

79.5 (74.9,83.4)

19.2 (15.5,23.5)

1.3 (0.8,2.1)

North West

6206

87.2 (84.1,89.8)

12.3 (9.8,15.2)

0.5 (0.3,1.1)

South East

1724

21.5 (17.0,26.8)

33.7 (28.9,38.9)

44.8 (38.4,51.4)

South South

2500

49.2 (44.1,54.4)

36.6 (32.6,40.7)

14.2 (10.8,18.3)

South West

2666

23.8 (19.3,29.0)

23.8 (31.9,40.6)

40.1 (35.2,45.1)

Age at birth

Mean (interquartile range)

29.42 (29.2,29.6)

   

Self-reported financial barrier to deliver in a health facility

9.1 (8.9,10.5)

Not applicable

Not applicable