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Table 6 Safe delivery practices assisted by skilled sources by selected socio-economic variables

From: Socio-economic factors explain differences in public health-related variables among women in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

Characteristics

 

Unadjusted comparison

Multivariate

  

N (% yes¶)

P

OR

95% CI

P

Slum

Non-slum

212 (40.1)

 

1.00

  
 

Slum

62 (17.7)

0.001

0.45

0.21–0.96

0.038

Place of residence

Town/city

60 (60.0)

 

1.00

  
 

Country side

214 (28.0)

<0.001

0.30

0.15–0.58

<0.001

Composite variable of household characteristics

Poor

84 (19.0)

 

1.00

  
 

Not-poor

190 (42.1)

<0.001

1.28

0.62–2.65

0.501

Composite variable of mass media access

Not at all

55 (18.2)

 

1.00

  
 

At least one media

219 (39.3)

0.003

1.23

0.54–2.79

0.628

Education

No education

77 (16.9)

 

1.00

  
 

1–5 years education

81 (25.9)

0.169

1.54

0.67–3.55

0.309

 

6+ years education

116 (53.4)

<0.001

4.34

1.93–9.78

<0.001

  1. ¶Percentage of safe delivery practices