Evaluation of Caesarean Expenditures of Households in Benin

Table 2

Households’ characteristics (n = 505).

Characteristics	n	%
Education level of women
Illiterate	114	22.6
Primary school	115	22.8
Middle school	180	35.6
High school	47	9.3
Bachelor and above	49	9.7
Working status of women
Unemployed	164	32.5
Employed	341	67.5
Household region of residence
Outside Littoral	287	56.8
In Littoral	218	43.2
Pregnancy follow-up
No	89	17.6
Yes	416	82.4
Hospital type
Private	341	67.5
Public	164	32.3
State of referral
Yes	150	29.7
No	355	70.3
Indication
Urgent	220	43.6
Planned	285	56.4
Complications
At least one	46	9.1
Without	459	90.9
Use of health insurance
No	481	95.2
Yes	24	4.8
Socioeconomic class
Very poor	80	15.8
Poor	82	16.2
Middle	107	21.2
Rich	168	33.3
Very rich	68	13.5