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Table 2 Relationship between child factors, maternal factors, household factors, community factors and birth registrations, Lao PDR (n = 9576)

From: Socioeconomic determinants of accessibility to birth registration in Lao PDR

 

Birth registration

 

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

 
  1. HHH: head of household
  2. aP-value was calculated for chi square tests (categorical variables)
  3. bCorrelation between the independent variable and birth registration/birth certificate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level, and the variable was included in further logistic regression analyses