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Table 2 A comparison of the characteristics of women accessing emergency obstetrics care (EmOC) and those in the Oromiya 2011 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) dataset

From: Measuring equity in utilization of emergency obstetric care at Wolisso Hospital in Oromiya, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Characteristic

Dataset n (%)

P value†

Oromiya 2011 DHS (n =4065*)

Users of EmOC (n = 758)

General

   

Urban residence

540 (13.3)

413 (54.5)

<0.001

Parity

  

<0.001

  1

616 (15.2)

336 (44.7)

 

  2

657 (16.2)

153 (20.4)

 

  3

557 (13.7)

96 (12.8)

 

  >3

2235 (55.0)

166 (22.1)

 

Proxy wealth variables

   

Roof material

  

< 0.001

  Thatch/leaf/reed

2137 (52.6)

218 (28.8)

 

  Wood planks

46 (1.1)

154 (20.3)

 

  Corrugated iron

1859 (45.8)

372 (49.1)

 

  Cement/concrete

22 (0.5)

14 (1.8)

 

Type of toilet

  

< 0.001

  No facility/bush/field

1799 (44.3)

95 (12.5)

 

  Composting toilet

116 (2.9)

33 (4.4)

 

  Pit latrine without slab/open pit

1808 (44.5)

182 (24.0)

 

  Pit latrine with slab

230 (5.7 )

426 (56.2)

 

  Ventilated improved pit latrine

49 (1.2)

15 (2.0)

 

  Flush toilet

60 (1.5)

7 (0.9)

 

Education attainment

  

<0.001

  No education

2639 (64.9)

281 (37.1)

 

  Incomplete primary

1107 (27.2)

197 (26.0)

 

  Complete primary

111 (2.7)

43 (5.7)

 

  Incomplete secondary

85 (2.1)

134 (17.7)

 

  Complete secondary

23 (0.6)

32 (4.2)

 

  Higher

100 (2.5)

71 (9.4)

 

Has a table

1581 (38.9)

652 (86.0)

<0.001

Has a radio

1852 (45.6)

623 (82.1)

<0.001

  1. *weighted using individual women weights in the DHS dataset.
  2. †design based p values from F tests.
  3. DHS Oromiya n = 4062 for table and toilet.
  4. EmOC users n = 751 for parity. Overall, two women with missing data were excluded.