Research Article
Rural-Urban Determinants of Receiving Skilled Birth Attendants among Women in Bangladesh: Evidence from National Survey 2017-18
Table 2
Prevalence of skilled birth attended in terms of urban and rural area in Bangladesh for the selected predictors of women.
| | Variable | Urban | value1 | Rural | value1 | | Unskilled | Skilled | Unskilled | Skilled |
| | Division | | | | | | | | Barisal | 19 (40.4) | 28 (59.6) | <0.001 | 128 (54.5) | 107 (45.3) | <0.001 | | Chittagong | 110 (44.5) | 137 (55.5) | 410 (50.4) | 400 (49.6) | | Dhaka | 167 (26.7) | 458 (73.3) | 333 (51.2) | 317 (48.8) | | Khulna | 27 (26.0) | 77 (74.0) | 139 (39.8) | 210 (60.2) | | Mymensingh | 27 (36.5) | 47 (63.5) | 222 (63.4) | 128 (36.6) | | Rajshahi | 29 (28.2) | 74 (71.8) | 231 (48.6) | 244 (51.4) | | Rangpur | 21 (28.0) | 54 (72.0) | 248 (54.7) | 205 (45.3) | | Sylhet | 24 (42.1) | 33 (57.9) | 202 (62.9) | 119 (37.1) | | Respondent’s education | | | | | | | | No education | 53 (62.4) | 32 (37.6) | <0.001 | 168 (75.0) | 56 (25.0) | <0.001 | | Primary | 185 (55.2) | 150 (44.8) | 714 (69.0) | 321 (31.0) | | Secondary | 166 (28.2) | 422 (71.8) | 892 (48.2) | 957 (51.8) | | Higher | 21 (6.5) | 304 (93.5) | 137 (25.7) | 397 (74.3) | | Husband education level | | | | | | | | No education | 71 (54.2) | 60 (45.8) | <0.001 | 394 (71.8) | 155 (28.2) | <0.001 | | Primary | 192 (48.6) | 203 (51.4) | 802 (62.5) | 481 (37.5) | | Secondary | 135 (29.4) | 324 (70.6) | 568 (46.0) | 668 (54.0) | | Higher | 27 (7.7) | 322 (92.3) | 146 (25.6) | 425 (74.4) | | Respondent’s employment status | | | | | | | | Employed | 161 (42.5) | 218 (57.5) | <0.001 | 868 (59.2) | 599 (40.8) | <0.001 | | Unemployed | 264 (27.7) | 690 (72.3) | 1043 (48.0) | 1132 (52.0) | | Wealth index | | | | | | | | Poorest | 93 (80.2) | 23 (19.8) | <0.001 | 650 (71.4) | 261 (28.6) | <0.001 | | Poorer | 38 (44.7) | 47 (55.3) | 571 (61.5) | 358 (38.5) | | Middle | 65 (41.4) | 92 (58.6) | 380 (48.0) | 411 (52.0) | | Richer | 147 (40.1) | 220 (59.9) | 227 (35.2) | 417 (64.8) | | Richest | 81 (13.3) | 527 (86.7) | 83 (22.6) | 284 (77.4) | | Media exposure | | | | | | | | No | 150 (57.5) | 111 (42.5) | <0.001 | 959 (66.5) | 483 (33.5) | <0.001 | | Yes | 275 (25.7) | 797 (74.3) | 952 (43.3) | 1247 (56.7) | | Respondent’s age at first birth | | | | | | | | ≤18 | 268 (41.2) | 382 (58.8) | <0.001 | 1284 (58.8) | 898 (41.2) | <0.001 | | 19+ | 157 (23.0) | 526 (77.0) | 626 (42.9) | 832 (57.1) | | Birth order | | | | | | | | 1 | 134 (24.7) | 408 (75.3) | <0.001 | 531 (39.5) | 815 (60.5) | <0.001 | | 2-3 | 223 (33.3) | 446 (66.7) | 1021 (56.5) | 786 (43.5) | | 4-5 | 53 (52.0) | 49 (48.0) | 294 (71.9) | 115 (28.1) | | 6+ | 15 (74.1) | 6 (28.6) | 65 (81.3) | 15 (18.8) | | Number of ANC visits | | | | | | | | 0 | 57 (82.6) | 12 (17.4) | <0.001 | 280 (85.6) | 47 (14.4) | <0.001 | | 1–3 | 215 (45.1) | 262 (54.9) | 1057 (60.2) | 698 (39.8) | | 4+ | 153 (19.4) | 634 (80.6) | 573 (36.8) | 986 (63.2) |
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