Table 1 Characteristics of pregnant womena by period in Benin and Mali
From: Do free caesarean section policies increase inequalities in Benin and Mali?
Benin | Mali | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
3616 | 12,809 | 6841 | 8280 | 4166 | 11,590 | |
Age categories | ||||||
< 18 yr. | 48 (1.3) | 140 (1.1) | 105 (1.5) | 241 (2.9) | 57 (1.4) | 460 (4.0) |
18–34 yr. | 2634 (72.8) | 9297 (72.6) | 5359 (78.3) | 5914 (71.4) | 2799 (67.2) | 8696 (75.0) |
35 yr. and more | 934 (25.8) | 3372 (26.3) | 1377 (20.1) | 2125 (25.7) | 131 (31.5) | 2434 (21.0) |
Parity | ||||||
Primipara | 729 (20.1) | 2206 (17.2) | 1368 (20.0) | 1344 (16.2) | 655 (15.7) | 2029 (17.5) |
Multipara | 2887 (79.8) | 10,603 (82.8) | 5473 (80.0) | 6936 (83.8) | 3511 (84.3) | 9561 (82.5) |
Multiple pregnancy | ||||||
Singleton | 351 (97.0) | 12,403 (96.8) | 6673 (97.5) | 8132 (98.2) | 4093 (98.3) | 11,386 (98.2) |
Multiple | 106 (2.9) | 406 (3.2) | 168 (2.5) | 148 (1.8) | 73 (1.8) | 204 (1.8) |
Education level | ||||||
None | 2637 (72.9) | 9515 (74.3) | 4943 (72.3) | 6960 (84.1) | 3465 (83.2) | 9486 (81.9) |
Primary or more | 979 (27.1) | 3294 (25.7) | 1898 (27.7) | 1320 (15.9) | 701 (16.8) | 2104 (18.2) |
Zone of residence | ||||||
Urban | 1138 (31.5) | 4744 (37.0) | 2577 (37.7) | 1801 (21.8) | 1357 (32.6) | 3216 (27.8) |
Rural | 2478 (68.5) | 8065 (63.0) | 4264 (62.3) | 6479 (78.3) | 2809 (67.4) | 8374 (72.3) |
Wealth quintiles of households | ||||||
Q1 Poorest | 816 (22.6) | 2850 (22.2) | 1533 (22.4) | 1706 (20.6) | 731 (17.6) | 2211 (19.1) |
Q2 Poorer | 782 (21.6) | 2623 (20.5) | 1473 (21.5) | 1641 (19.8) | 813 (19.5) | 2353 (20.3) |
Q3 Middle | 752 (20.0) | 2675 (20.9) | 1448 (21.2) | 1854 (22.4) | 903 (21.7) | 2341 (20.2) |
Q4 Richer | 697 (19.3) | 2584 (20.2) | 1326 (19.4) | 1720 (20.8) | 887 (21.3) | 2324 (20.1) |
Q5 Richest | 569 (15.7) | 2077 (16.2) | 1061 (15.5) | 1359 (16.4) | 832 (20.0) | 2361 (20.4) |
Place of delivery | ||||||
Home or other | 814 (22.5) | 2432 (19.0) | 870 (12.7) | 5193 (62.7) | 2202 (52.9) | 5367 (46.3) |
Public facility | 2347 (64.9) | 8676 (67.7) | 5210 (76.2) | 2979 (36.0) | 1890 (45.4) | 5941 (51.3) |
Private facility | 447 (12.4) | 1689 (13.2) | 743 (10.9) | 76 (0.9) | 66 (1.6) | 275 (2.4) |
Missing | 8 (0.2) | 12 (0.1) | 18 (0.3) | 32 (0.4) | 8 (0.2) | 7 (0.1) |
Delivery by C-section | ||||||
No | 3474 (96.1) | 12,208 (95.3) | 6471 (94.6) | 8156 (98.5) | 4079 (97.9) | 1126 (97.2) |
Yes | 140 (3.9) | 552 (4.3) | 366 (5.4) | 91 (1.1) | 84 (2.0) | 328 (2.8) |
Missing | 2 (0.1) | 49 (0.4) | 4 (0.1) | 33 (0.4) | 3 (0.1) | 2 (0.0) |