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Table 3 Relationship between delivery place and birth attendance and birth registration, Lao PDR

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

 

Birth registration

 

Independent factors

Yes

No

Pa

  

n

(%)

n

(%)

Delivery placeb

 

Hospital

1240

85.1

217

14.9

<0.001

 

Health center

130

68.4

60

31.6

 
 

Private facility

34

89.5

4

10.5

 
 

Home

2535

65.0

1368

35.0

 
 

Other

73

38.4

117

61.6

 

Skilled birth attendantb

 

Yes

1422

79.3

370

20.7

<0.001

 

No

5695

73.2

2089

26.8

 

TBA/CHW

 

Yes

588

72.2

226

27.8

0.155

 

No

6529

74.5

2233

25.5

 
  1. TBA/CHW: Traditional birth attendant/Community health worker
  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
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