Predictors of women delivering where they intended to, stratified by delivery location
| Among those who delivered at home, adjusted OR (aOR) of delivering where intended | Among those who delivered at facility, aOR of delivering where intended | |||
| Characteristics | aOR (95% CI) | P value | aOR (95% CI) | P value |
| Maternal age (years) | ||||
| 15–19 | 0.77 (0.64 to 0.93) | 0.007 | 0.69 (0.57 to 0.82) | <0.0001 |
| 20–24 | Reference | Reference | ||
| 25–34 | 1.31 (1.14 to 1.50) | 0.0001 | 0.89 (0.75 to 1.05) | 0.17 |
| >35 | 1.32 (1.11 to 1.57) | 0.001 | 0.73 (0.59 to 0.90) | 0.003 |
| Women’s education level | ||||
| No education | Reference | Reference | ||
| Any primary | 0.90 (0.75 to 1.07) | 0.21 | 1.34 (1.09 to 1.72) | 0.008 |
| More than primary | 0.55 (0.43 to 0.69) | <0.0001 | 1.54 (1.17 to 2.02) | 0.002 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | Reference | Reference | ||
| Not married | 0.67 (0.55 to 0.83) | 0.0002 | 0.89 (0.76 to 1.06) | 0.18 |
| Can read | ||||
| No | Reference | Reference | ||
| Yes | 1.05 (0.91 to 1.20) | 0.50 | 1.33 (1.11 to 1.58) | 0.002 |
| Household light source | ||||
| No electricity | Reference | Reference | ||
| Electricity | 0.81 (0.57 to 1.15) | 0.24 | 1.27 (0.95 to 1.69) | 0.11 |
| Wealth index | ||||
| 1—lowest | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| 2 | 0.85 (0.74 to 0.98) | 0.02 | 1.34 (1.13 to 1.60) | 0.0008 |
| 3 | 0.76 (0.66 to 0.88) | 0.0002 | 1.31 (1.10 to 1.55) | 0.002 |
| 4—highest | 0.56 (0.46 to 0.67) | <0.0001 | 1.65 (1.36 to 2.01) | <0.0001 |
| Primigravida† | ||||
| No | Reference | Reference | ||
| Yes | 0.90 (0.73 to 1.11) | 0.34 | 0.63 (0.52 to 0.76) | <0.0001 |
| Time to walk to nearest health facility† | ||||
| <1 hour | 1.10 (0.94 to 1.28) | 0.22 | 1.11 (0.95 to 1.30) | 0.20 |
| 1–<2 hours | Reference | Reference | Reference | |
| 2–<3 hours | 1.17 (1.02 to 1.33) | 0.03 | 0.96 (0.80 to 1.14) | 0.61 |
| 3–<4 hours | 1.27 (1.05 to 1.54) | 0.01 | 0.73 (0.56 to 0.95) | 0.02 |
| 4–<5 hours | 1.20 (0.84 to 1.68) | 0.32 | 0.77 (0.46 to 1.28) | 0.31 |
| 5 hours or more | 0.68 (0.37 to 1.23) | 0.20 | 0.67 (0.32 to 1.38) | 0.27 |
| Time between water breaking and delivery† | ||||
| Less than 24 hours | Reference | Reference | ||
| 24–48 hours | 1.04 (0.68 to 1.59) | 0.87 | 0.54 (0.39 to 0.73) | <0.0001 |
| More than 48 hours | 2.11 (0.95 to 4.69) | 0.07 | 1.29 (0.41 to 4.09) | 0.66 |
| Don’t know | 1.93 (1.56 to 2.38) | <0.0001 | 0.47 (0.35 to 0.61) | <0.0001 |
| Complications during pregnancy*† | ||||
| High fever | 1.45 (1.00 to 2.11) | 0.05 | 0.76 (0.52 to 1.11) | 0.15 |
| Bleeding | 1.23 (0.80 to 2.05) | 0.31 | 0.60 (0.40 to 0.90) | 0.01 |
| Fits | 2.15 (0.79 to 5.82) | 0.13 | 0.39 (0.19 to 0.81) | 0.02 |
| Headache | 1.07 (0.79 to 1.44) | 0.67 | 1.71 (1.11 to 2.62) | 0.01 |
| Vaginal discharge | 0.50 (0.15 to 1.61) | 0.24 | 0.23 (0.13 to 0.40) | <0.0001 |
| Heavy bleeding | 1.08 (0.78 to 1.50) | 0.63 | 0.71 (0.54 to 0.94) | 0.02 |
| Swelling | 0.88 (0.63 to 1.22) | 0.43 | 0.82 (0.61 to 1.10) | 0.20 |
Significant p-values in bold.
*Referent groups for complications were the absence of specified complications.
†Adjusted for maternal age, women’s education, marital status, literacy, wealth index, housing light source.