From: Socioeconomic determinants of accessibility to birth registration in Lao PDR
Birth registration | ||||||
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Independent factors | Yes | No | Pa | |||
n | (%) | n | (%) | |||
Child factors | ||||||
Child sex | ||||||
Male | 3580 | 73.7 | 1276 | 26.3 | 0.174 | |
Female | 3537 | 74.9 | 1183 | 25.1 | ||
Child ageb (months) | ||||||
0–11 | 1222 | 60.4 | 796 | 39.4 | <0.001 | |
12–23 | 1406 | 74.0 | 494 | 26.0 | ||
24–35 | 1410 | 76.4 | 436 | 23.6 | ||
36–47 | 1589 | 80.7 | 379 | 19.3 | ||
48–59 | 1490 | 80.8 | 354 | 19.2 | ||
Maternal factors | ||||||
Maternal ageb (years) | ||||||
15–19 | 443 | 65.4 | 234 | 34.6 | <0.001 | |
20–29 | 4041 | 74.5 | 1386 | 25.5 | ||
30–39 | 2179 | 76.1 | 686 | 23.9 | ||
40–49 | 454 | 74.8 | 153 | 25.2 | ||
Marital status | ||||||
Never | 30 | 71.4 | 12 | 28.6 | 0.667 | |
Married | 7083 | 74.3 | 2447 | 25.7 | ||
Divorced | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Widowed | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Maternal educational attainmentb | ||||||
No education | 2229 | 66.3 | 1131 | 33.7 | <0.001 | |
Primary | 2969 | 75.1 | 982 | 24.9 | ||
Secondary | 1738 | 83.9 | 334 | 16.1 | ||
Higher | 181 | 93.8 | 12 | 6.2 | ||
Ever given birth | ||||||
Yes | 7105 | 74.3 | 2458 | 25.7 | 0.137 | |
No | 12 | 92.3 | 1 | 7.7 | ||
Ever experienced loss of a childb | ||||||
Yes | 1703 | 69.2 | 759 | 30.8 | <0.001 | |
No | 5414 | 76.1 | 1700 | 23.9 | ||
Household factors | ||||||
Father’s educational attainmentb | ||||||
No education | 1015 | 66.6 | 510 | 33.4 | <0.001 | |
Primary | 3094 | 71.1 | 1257 | 28.9 | ||
Secondary | 2575 | 79.6 | 658 | 20.4 | ||
Higher | 433 | 92.7 | 34 | 7.3 | ||
Ethnicity of HHHb | ||||||
Lao | 2911 | 83.2 | 588 | 16.8 | <0.001 | |
Khmu | 1056 | 79.8 | 268 | 20.2 | ||
Khmer | 764 | 57.1 | 575 | 42.9 | ||
Other | 2386 | 69.9 | 1028 | 30.1 | ||
Ethno-linguistics of HHHb | ||||||
Lao-Thai | 3472 | 81.1 | 808 | 18.9 | <0.001 | |
Mon-Khmer | 2482 | 73.9 | 878 | 26.1 | ||
Hmong-Mien | 805 | 57.6 | 593 | 42.4 | ||
Chinese-Tibetan | 358 | 66.5 | 180 | 33.5 | ||
Religion of HHHb | ||||||
Buddhist | 3576 | 81.4 | 815 | 18.6 | <0.001 | |
Animist | 3447 | 68.1 | 1616 | 31.9 | ||
Other | 94 | 77.0 | 28 | 23.0 | ||
Wealth index quintilesb | ||||||
Poorest | 2186 | 66.9 | 1079 | 33.1 | <0.001 | |
2nd quintile | 1546 | 69.4 | 683 | 30.6 | ||
3rd quintile | 1336 | 77.7 | 384 | 22.3 | ||
4th quintile | 1077 | 81.7 | 241 | 18.3 | ||
Wealthiest | 972 | 93.1 | 72 | 6.9 | ||
Community factors | ||||||
Regionb | ||||||
North | 2558 | 67.2 | 1249 | 32.8 | <0.001 | |
Central | 2569 | 80.4 | 627 | 19.6 | ||
South | 1990 | 77.3 | 583 | 22.7 | ||
Settlementb | ||||||
Urban | 1528 | 88.4 | 200 | 11.6 | <0.001 | |
Rural w/ road | 4926 | 72.8 | 1836 | 27.2 | ||
Rural w/o road | 663 | 61.0 | 423 | 39.0 | ||
Total | 7117 | 74.3 | 2459 | 25.7 |