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

Table 4

Frequency distribution in terms of urban and rural women for selected variables.

Factors	Urban		Rural
	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
SBA
Skilled	908	68.1	1911	47.5
Unskilled	425	31.9	1730	52.5
Division
Barisal	47	3.5	235	6.5
Chittagong	248	18.6	807	22.2
Dhaka	625	46.9	650	17.8
Khulna	104	7.8	349	9.6
Mymensingh	74	5.5	350	9.6
Rajshahi	103	7.7	476	13.1
Rangpur	75	5.6	454	12.5
Sylhet	57	4.3	321	8.8
Respondent’s education
No education	86	6.4	224	6.1
Primary	335	25.1	1035	28.4
Secondary	588	44.1	1849	50.8
Higher	325	24.3	533	14.6
Husband education level
No education	131	9.8	549	15.1
Primary	394	29.6	1284	35.3
Secondary	459	34.4	1237	34.0
Higher	349	26.2	571	15.7
Respondent’s employment status
Unemployed	954	71.6	2175	59.7
Employed	379	28.4	1466	40.3
Wealth index
Poorest	116	8.7	911	25.0
Poorer	85	6.4	929	25.5
Middle	158	11.8	791	21.7
Richer	367	27.5	644	17.7
Richest	607	45.6	367	10.1
Media exposure
No	261	19.5	1442	39.6
Yes	1073	80.5	2198	60.4
Respondent’s age at first birth
≤18	650	48.8	2182	59.9
19+	683	51.2	1459	40.1
Child’s birth order
1	542	40.6	1345	36.9
2-3	669	50.2	1807	49.6
4-5	101	7.6	409	11.2
6+	21	1.6	79	2.2
Number of ANC visits
0	69	5.2	327	9.0
1–3	477	35.8	1755	48.2
4+	787	59.0	1559	42.8