The effects of geographical accessibility to health facilities on antenatal care and delivery services utilization in Benin: a cross-sectional study

Tanou, Mariam; Kishida, Takaaki; Kamiya, Yusuke

doi:10.1186/s12978-021-01249-x

Reproductive Health

Table 2 Sample characteristics

From: The effects of geographical accessibility to health facilities on antenatal care and delivery services utilization in Benin: a cross-sectional study

	Total			South			North
Variables	Obs	Mean	S.D	Obs	Mean	S.D	Obs	Mean	S.D
Outcome variables
Received any ANC	17,489	0.840	0.367	9659	0.920	0.271	7830	0.733	0.442
Received ≥ 4 ANC	17,489	0.548	0.498	9659	0.684	0.465	7830	0.368	0.482
Facility delivery	26,950	0.860	0.347	14,989	0.951	0.216	11,961	0.738	0.440
Delivery by SBA	26,996	0.817	0.386	15,012	0.920	0.271	11,984	0.681	0.466
Main predictor
Straight-line distance (km)	17,768	3.57	4.37	9750	2.26	2.08	8018	5.29	5.78
Road network distance (km)	17,325	4.85	6.21	9394	3.14	3.29	7931	7.10	8.14
Travel time by walk (minutes)	17,325	58.2	74.5	9394	37.7	39.5	7931	85.2	97.6
Travel time by car (minutes)	17,325	8.1	11.8	9394	5.3	6.1	7931	11.8	15.8
Altitude (meter)	18,018	171.4	148.2	10,087	63.0	64.6	7931	314.2	97.6
Distance dummy: 5 km or more	17,768	0.197	0.397	9750	0.068	0.251	8018	0.367	0.482
Mothers' characteristics
Age	18,105	29.3	6.8	10,087	29.6	6.6	8018	28.9	7.0
Education
No education	18,105	0.673	0.469	10,087	0.600	0.490	8018	0.777	0.416
Primary	18,105	0.175	0.380	10,087	0.214	0.410	8018	0.121	0.326
Secondary/Higher	18,105	0.151	0.358	10,087	0.186	0.389	8018	0.103	0.303
Households' characteristics
Religion
Muslim	18,105	0.286	0.452	10,087	0.085	0.279	8018	0.569	0.495
Protestant	18,105	0.278	0.448	10,087	0.398	0.490	8018	0.109	0.312
Catholic	18,105	0.252	0.434	10,087	0.300	0.458	8018	0.184	0.387
Vodoum/other traditional	18,105	0.114	0.318	10,087	0.158	0.365	8018	0.053	0.223
No religion/others	18,105	0.070	0.255	10,087	0.058	0.234	8018	0.085	0.280
Asset
Lowest	18,105	0.202	0.401	10,087	0.128	0.334	8018	0.306	0.461
Lower middle	18,105	0.201	0.401	10,087	0.167	0.373	8018	0.250	0.433
Middle	18,105	0.201	0.401	10,087	0.189	0.392	8018	0.217	0.412
Upper middle	18,105	0.203	0.402	10,087	0.238	0.426	8018	0.154	0.361
Highest	18,105	0.193	0.394	10,087	0.278	0.448	8018	0.073	0.260
Community's characteristics
Ownership rate
Bicycle	17,878	0.300	0.207	9977	0.227	0.175	7901	0.404	0.205
Motorbike	17,878	0.624	0.177	9977	0.600	0.182	7901	0.658	0.163
Round
BDHS 2011/2012	18,105	0.499	0.500	10,087	0.560	0.496	8018	0.414	0.493
BDHS 2017/2018	18,105	0.501	0.500	10,087	0.441	0.496	8018	0.586	0.493

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