Rural-Urban Determinants of Receiving Skilled Birth Attendants among Women in Bangladesh: Evidence from National Survey 2017-18

Table 3

Multiple logistic regression analysis of associated factors of skilled birth attended in terms of rural and urban women in Bangladesh.

Factors	SBA (urban)				SBA (rural)
	AOR	95% CI		value^1	AOR	95% CI		value^1
		Lower	Upper			Upper	Lower
Division
Barisal (ref)	1				1
Chittagong	0.81	0.49	1.33	0.406	0.77	0.57	1.05	0.105
Dhaka	1.23	0.76	1.99	0.398	0.72	0.51	1.02	0.064
Khulna	1.41	0.82	2.44	0.216	1.18	0.84	1.66	0.343
Mymensingh	1.26	0.73	2.19	0.406	0.59	0.43	0.81	<0.001
Rajshahi	1.38	0.78	2.44	0.269	0.90	0.64	1.25	0.519
Rangpur	1.37	0.78	2.44	0.277	0.79	0.57	1.10	0.158
Sylhet	0.94	0.55	1.59	0.805	0.64	0.46	0.88	<0.006
Respondent’s education level
No education (ref)	1				1
Primary	0.99	0.58	1.69	0.971	0.94	0.64	1.40	0.768
Secondary	1.79	1.05	3.08	<0.035	1.24	0.84	1.84	0.284
Higher	4.18	2.09	8.50	<0.001	1.55	0.98	2.48	0.064
Husband’s education level
No education (ref)	1				1
Primary	0.97	0.64	1.47	0.883	1.12	0.87	1.44	0.389
Secondary	1.21	0.78	1.86	0.393	1.17	0.89	1.54	0.262
Higher	1.83	1.04	3.25	<0.037	1.82	1.29	2.59	<0.001
Respondent’s employment status
Unemployed (ref)	1				1
Employed	0.75	0.57	0.99	<0.041	0.78	0.66	0.92	<0.004
Wealth index
Poorest (ref)	1				1
Poorer	2.56	1.50	4.42	<0.001	1.15	0.92	1.43	0.227
Middle	2.72	1.66	4.50	<0.001	1.56	1.21	2.00	<0.001
Richer	3.26	2.03	5.30	<0.001	2.02	1.53	2.68	<0.001
Richest	6.61	3.89	11.38	<0.001	3.07	2.14	4.44	<0.001
Media exposure
No (ref)	1				1
Yes	1.17	0.85	1.62	0.338	1.32	1.11	1.57	<0.002
Respondent’s age at 1^st birth
≤18 (ref)	1				1
19+	1.23	0.95	1.59	0.124	1.29	1.10	1.53	<0.002
Children’s birth order
1 (ref)	1				1
2-3	0.74	0.56	0.97	<0.028	0.63	0.53	0.75	<0.001
4-5	0.87	0.55	1.38	0.548	0.49	0.36	0.66	<0.001
6+	0.70	0.24	1.87	0.487	0.44	0.22	0.81	<0.011
Number of ANC visit
0 (ref)	1				1
1–3	3.45	1.83	6.99	<0.001	2.55	1.81	3.69	<0.001
4+	7.45	3.91	15.19	<0.001	5.14	3.61	7.49	<0.001