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Table 3 Descriptive of variables in the analysis

From: Drivers of facility deliveries in Africa and Asia: regional analyses using the demographic and health surveys

Variable

Mean/Percent

Which countries missing entirely

Missing, N (%)

Deliver in a facility

53.5%

 

125, 462 (30.9%)

Deliver with a provider

54.9%

 

125, 410 (30.9%)

Woman’s age

31.4

 

0

Woman’s education

4.5 years

 

277 (0.07%)

Total number of children ever born

3.7

 

0

Married

80.3%

Angola

1,761 (0.4%)

Woman employed

58.6%

Angola, Bangladesh

22,181 (5.5%)

Wanted last pregnancy at that time

73.3%

Angola

128,499 (31.7%)

Urban

34.1%

 

0

Wealth Index (quintiles)

3.1

 

0

Non-male household head

19.3%

 

0

Husband’s age

38.7

Angola, Cote D’Ivoire,

53,819 (13.3%)

Husband’s education

5.7 years

Angola, Cote D’Ivoire, Maldives

33,245 (8.2%)

Husband employed

94.9%

Angola, Cote D’Ivoire, Bangladesh

33,245 (8.2%)

Any ANC

83.1%

Angola

133,117 (32.8%)

More than 4 ANC

49.4%

Angola

133,117 (32.8%)

Saw doctor at ANC

21.6%

 

126,321 (31.2%)

Mean score of wife beating acceptability

1.4

Angola, Chad, Congo, Cote D’Ivoire, Pakistan

21,684 (5.4%)

Stratum level % of women with 4+ ANC

36.9%

 

0

Mean score of wife beating acceptability per stratum

1.4

Angola, Chad, Congo, Cote D’Ivoire, Pakistan

21,684 (5.4%)