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Table 4 Determinants of delivery by caesarean section in Bangladesh (1995–2004)

From: A decade of inequality in maternity care: antenatal care, professional attendance at delivery, and caesarean section in Bangladesh (1991–2004)

 

Caesarean section

Live births (N = 13,714)

%

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis*

  

OR

(95% CI)

OR

(95% CI)

Year

     

1995 – 1996

2.1

1.00

   

1997 – 1999

3.2

1.53

(1.10, 2.12)

1.71

(1.18, 2.48)

2000 – 2004

3.8

1.83

(1.32, 2.55)

2.24

(1.55, 3.25)

Annual trend

     

1991 – 2004

3.3

1.11

(1.06, 1.16)

1.14

(1.09, 1.19)

Asset quintile

     

Lowest

0.3

1.00

   

Second

0.4

1.54

(0.52, 4.51)

1.17

(0.39, 3.48)

Middle

0.7

2.73

(1.02, 7.26)

1.56

(0.58, 4.22)

Fourth

2.2

8.48

(3.55, 20.31)

3.24

(1.30, 8.11)

Highest

11.1

46.30

(20.09, 106.72)

6.74

(2.69, 16.84)

Woman's education

     

None

0.6

1.00

   

Primary

1.5

2.55

(1.57, 4.14)

1.45

(0.85, 2.46)

Secondary

5.9

10.36

(6.95, 15.45)

2.36

(1.37, 4.06)

Higher

26.3

59.16

(39.05, 89.64)

4.00

(2.16, 7.40)

Husband's education

     

None

0.8

1.00

   

Primary

1.2

1.62

(1.01, 2.59)

0.84

(0.51, 1.40)

Secondary

4.8

6.68

(4.47, 9.98)

1.54

(0.93, 2.57)

Higher

16.4

26.06

(17.74, 38.28)

1.90

(1.08, 3.34)

Area of residence

     

Rural

1.6

1.00

   

Urban

9.0

6.02

(4.80, 7.57)

2.02

(1.53, 2.67)

  1. *Multivariate model controls for all variables in table plus age, parity, singleton birth, and administrative division.