Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of the women with and without facility delivery and unadjusted odds of facility delivery

From: The influence of quality maternity waiting homes on utilization of facilities for delivery in rural Zambia

Characteristic

Sample distribution nā€‰=ā€‰17,200 (%)

Delivered in a facility Nā€‰=ā€‰10,069 (%)

Delivered at home Nā€‰=ā€‰7131 (%)

Unadjusted odds of delivering in a facility

Womanā€™s age in years (%)

ā€ƒ15ā€“19

22.4

25.6

17.8

1.0

ā€ƒ20ā€“24

27.5

26.6

28.8

0.64 (0.59, 0.70)***

ā€ƒ25ā€“34

36.3

34.6

38.8

0.62 (0.57, 0.67)***

ā€ƒ35ā€“49

13.8

13.3

14.5

0.64 (0.57, 0.71)***

Age in years (median, IQR)

25.0 (20.0-31.0)

24.0 (19.0-30.0)

25.0 (21.0-31.0)

Ā 

Household size (median, IQR)

6.0 (4.0-8.0)

6.0 (4ā€“8)

6.0 (4ā€“8)

Ā 

Currently married (%)

ā€ƒNo

14.6

17.4

10.6

1.0

ā€ƒYes

85.4

82.6

89.4

0.56 (0.51, 0.62)***

Motherā€™s highest education (%)

ā€ƒNone (0)

8.3

7.0

10.2

1.0

ā€ƒAny primary (1ā€“7)

55.0

50.0

62.1

1.17 (1.05, 1.31)**

ā€ƒMore than primary (7+)

36.7

43.0

27.7

2.27 (2.02, 2.55)***

Asset quartile (%)

ā€ƒFirst/poorest

26.6

25.7

27.7

1.0

ā€ƒSecond

24.5

22.9

26.9

0.92 (0.84, 0.99)*

ā€ƒThird

24.7

24.8

24.6

1.09 (0.99, 1.18)

ā€ƒFourth/highest

24.2

26.6

20.8

1.38 (1.27, 1.51)***

Parity (%)

ā€ƒ0

22.3

27.7

15.6

1.0

ā€ƒ1

17.7

17.5

18.1

0.51 (0.46, 0.56)***

ā€ƒā€‰>ā€‰=ā€‰2

60.0

54.8

67.4

0.43 (0.39, 0.46)***

Distance to health facilityā€‰ā‰„ā€‰2Ā h (%)**a

ā€ƒNo

62.7

69.1

53.6

1.0

ā€ƒYes

37.3

30.9

46.4

0.52 (0.49, 0.55)***

4 ANC visits (%)

ā€ƒNo

55.0

48.7

63.9

1.0

ā€ƒYes

45.0

51.3

36.1

1.87 (1.75, 1.99)***

Mother HIV positive (%)

ā€ƒNo

94.4

92.8

96.8

1.0

ā€ƒYes

5.6

7.2

3.2

2.34 (2.00, 2.74)***

  1. aSelf-reported time from home to nearest health facility
  2. *pā€‰<0.05, **pā€‰<0.01, ***pā€‰<0.001