Trends in the utilisation of skilled birth attendance among pregnant women in Benin, from 2001 to 2017-2018, and projections to 2030

Talon, Pascaline Yvonne; Saizonou, Jacques; Kpozèhouen, Alphonse; Zannou, Robert Franck; Ouendo, Edgard-Marius

doi:10.1186/s12889-023-15460-x

Table 3 Relationship between basic characteristics of the women surveyed and recourse to skilled birth attendance, Benin

From: Trends in the utilisation of skilled birth attendance among pregnant women in Benin, from 2001 to 2017-2018, and projections to 2030

Variables	DHS-II			DHS-III			DHS-IV			DHS-V
Variables	n	%	p	n	%	p	n	%	p	n	%	p
Total	2301	67.39		7881	76.10		7328	80.87		6975	79.12
Age			0.043			0.008			0.298			< 0.001
15–19	119	65.65		358	72.02		307	82.89		374	78.81
20–29	1150	67.84		3916	77.23		3549	82.57		3464	79.39
30–39	811	68.95		2891	76.03		2809	80.93		2557	81.15
40–49	221	61.04		716	72.65		662	82.41		625	73.23
Education level			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001
Uninstructed	1512	61.00		5336	70.31		4823	76.51		4193	73.52
Primary	529	79.94		1707	89.98		1402	93.75		1424	88.33
Secondary and above	260	94.75		838	96.36		1102	96.38		1403	91.91
Marital status			< 0.001			0.041			0.293			< 0.001
Single	128	83.85		363	80.46		517	83.96		572	87.43
In couple/dating	2173	66.61		7517	75.90		6811	81.78		6448	78.75
Religion			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001
Traditional and others	387	55.41		1490	70.60		1035	75.55		732	77.70
Islam	480	59.13		1485	60.55		1431	67.07		1924	65.20
Christianism	1257	78.18		4480	86.57		4506	90.54		4039	90.68
No religion	177	59.71		426	68.91		356	76.76		326	65.68
Occupation			0.030			0.759			< 0.001			< 0.001
No	223	74.16		1012	75.55		1813	72.91		1064	71.80
Yes	2077	66.75		6867	76.18		5515	85.41		5957	80.92
Exposure to newspapers			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001
Not at all	2069	65.31		7293	74.90		6590	80.53		6562	78.74
Less than once a week	136	95.89		366	97.23		334	96.42		269	88.97
At least once a week	87	92.24		167	96.19		404	97.45		190	91.86
Exposure to radio			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001
Not at all	317	51.05		1227	62.38		2545	74.17		2879	73.55
Less than once a week	393	61.64		1930	73.21		1473	82.86		1574	84.01
At least once a week	1589	73.77		4709	82.16		3309	88.62		2568	84.05
Exposure to TV			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001
Not at all	1600	61.13		5033	69.96		3707	73.03		4366	75.44
Less than once a week	223	79.87		943	84.52		1083	89.04		1210	83.64
At least once a week	477	92.32		1865	93.92		2538	95.73		1445	89.81
Health insurance									0.007			0.016
No							7211	81.79		6950	79.29
Yes							117	91.96		70	91.76
Parity			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001
1	525	77.07		1496	83.51		1442	86.02		1423	84.42
2	400	69.26		1491	80.46		1462	85.17		1296	81.04
3	322	68.19		1320	79.11		1369	82.50		1176	80.34
4 and more	1055	62.61		3574	70.87		3054	78.50		3126	76.34
Variables	DHS-II			DHS-III			DHS-IV			DHS-V
Variables	n	%	p	n	%	p	n	%	p	n	%	p
Type of pregnancy			0.104			< 0.001			< 0.001			0.282
Simple	2228	67.16		7607	75.80		7105	81.62		6814	79.32
Twins	74	75.09		273	85.49		222	93.48		207	82.03
Antenatal consultations			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001
No	1387	59.88		4400	67.21		4115	74.44		4017	73.39
Yes	914	83.22		3481	91.39		3212	94.05		3003	89.15
Sex of household head			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001
Male	1953	65.34		6707	74.87		6254	80.78		5782	78.29
Female	348	81.73		1174	84.01		1073	89.39		1239	84.99
Household size			0.006			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001
1–5	960	70.53		3900	82.87		3498	87.22		3076	87.01
6 +	1342	65.30		3981	70.47		3829	77.64		3944	74.32
Wealth level						< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001
Poorest				1178	53.96		1101	61.06		1033	57.93
Poorer				1409	68.44		1335	74.42		1330	74.53
Middle				1640	76.65		1464	82.26		1450	80.54
Richer				1886	88.35		1692	94.49		1634	89.85
Richest				1767	96.11		1735	97.73		1573	95.03
Area			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001
Urban	919	81.53		3151	85.73		3322	91.00		2981	86.15
Rural	1382	60.41		4730	70.80		4005	75.68		4040	75.05
Department						< 0.001			< 0.001			< 0.001
Alibori		54.67	< 0.001	432	46.38		248	41.56		605	50.27
Atacora	222	47.08		364	49.30		544	65.03		517	67.20
Atlantique	600	89.19		1114	96.73		1001	91.94		957	94.48
Borgou	331	54.67		571	56.50		477	69.60		735	64.66
Collines		68.44		556	74.78		517	88.81		554	93.61
Couffo		54.26		596	70.02		525	80.87		457	79.02
Donga		47.08		288	67.50		273	71.10		474	80.16
Littoral		89.19		735	96.83		1035	97.67		371	92.97
Mono	218	54.26		551	87.73		434	89.34		333	85.31
Ouémé	448	80.16		1289	91.42		1105	97.25		775	97.48
Plateau		80.16		406	75.31		396	63.74		494	92.02
Zou	483	68.44		981	83.91		773	94.48		749	89.38

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