Factors associated with facility delivery in Bangladesh
| Variables | Dependent variable | UOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Home | Facility | |||
| Year of survey | ||||
| 2007 (RC) | 5021 | 1011 | ||
| 2011 | 6267 | 2306 | 1.82 (1.68 to 1.99) | 1.79 (1.60 to 2.02) |
| 2014 | 2842 | 1814 | 3.16 (2.89 to 3.46) | 3.08 (2.72 to 3.50) |
| 2017 | 2616 | 2565 | 4.87 (4.46 to 5.31) | 4.31 (3.79 to 4.91) |
| Place of residence | ||||
| Urban | 4182 | 3748 | 2.85 (2.69 to 3.01) | 1.44 (1.32 to 1.58) |
| Rural (RC) | 12 564 | 3948 | ||
| Divisions | ||||
| Barishal | 2109 | 720 | 0.74 (0.66 to 0.82) | 0.76 (0.65 to 0.89) |
| Chattogram | 3427 | 1278 | 0.80 (0.72 to 0.89) | 0.80 (0.70 to 0.92) |
| Dhaka | 2831 | 1448 | 1.10 (1.00 to 1.21) | 1.01 (0.88 to 1.17) |
| Khulna | 1492 | 1253 | 1.80 (1.62 to 2.00) | 1.74 (1.49 to 2.00) |
| Rajshahi | 2199 | 997 | 0.98 (0.89 to 1.08) | 1.18 (1.01 to 1.36) |
| Sylhet | 2360 | 919 | 0.83 (0.75 to 0.93) | 1.12 (0.96 to 1.29) |
| New division (RC) | 2328 | 1081 | ||
| Age of the mother (years) | ||||
| 15–24 | 8538 | 4030 | 0.99 (0.93 to 1.04) | 1.54 (1.39 to 1.71) |
| 25–34 | 6748 | 3156 | 0.74 (0.66 to 0.82) | 2.43 (2.01 to 2.93) |
| 35–49 (RC) | 1460 | 510 | ||
| Mother’s BMI | ||||
| <18.50 (underweight) | 5046 | 1152 | 0.53 (0.49 to 0.58) | 0.83 (0.75 to 0.91) |
| 18.51–24.99 (normal) (RC) | 10 064 | 4320 | ||
| ≥25.0 (overweight/obese) | 1377 | 2105 | 3.57 (3.29 to 3.85) | 1.84 (1.66 to 2.04) |
| Mother’s education | ||||
| No education (RC) | 3887 | 371 | ||
| Primary | 5890 | 1365 | 2.42 (2.14 to 2.74) | 1.33 (1.14 to 1.54) |
| Secondary | 6326 | 4035 | 6.68 (5.96 to 7.48) | 1.84 (1.58 to 2.15) |
| Higher | 640 | 1925 | 31.51 (27.42 to 36.21) | 2.90 (2.37 to 3.56) |
| Mother’s working status | ||||
| Not working (RC) | 13 048 | 6152 | ||
| Working | 3697 | 1543 | 0.88 (0.82 to 0.94) | 0.75 (0.67 to 0.81) |
| Partner’s education | ||||
| No education (RC) | 5501 | 783 | ||
| Primary | 5633 | 1730 | 2.16 (1.97 to 2.37) | 1.07 (0.95 to 1.20) |
| Secondary | 4392 | 2778 | 4.44 (4.07 to 4.86) | 1.24 (1.09 to 1.41) |
| Higher | 1177 | 2376 | 14.18 (12.80 to 15.71) | 1.76 (1.49 to 2.06) |
| Partner’s occupation | ||||
| Agricultural and farming | 4887 | 1023 | 0.42 (0.34 to 0.51) | 0.80 (0.61 to 1.05) |
| Non-agricultural | 8200 | 4287 | 1.06 (0.87 to 1.28) | 0.90 (0.70 to 1.17) |
| Business | 3227 | 2159 | 1.35 (1.11 to 1.64) | 1.02 (0.78 to 1.32) |
| No work (RC) | 327 | 162 | ||
| ANC visit | ||||
| No ANC (RC) | 11 524 | 3152 | ||
| Any ANC | 2746 | 4071 | 5.42 (5.09 to 5.77) | 2.38 (2.20 to 2.58) |
| Birth order | ||||
| First child (RC) | 5213 | 3866 | ||
| Second child | 4745 | 2336 | 0.66 (0.622 to 0.70) | 0.54 (0.49 to 0.59) |
| Third child | 3042 | 1004 | 0.44 (0.40 to 0.48) | 0.40 (0.35 to 0.46) |
| Fourth child or later | 3746 | 490 | 0.17 (0.16 to 0.19) | 0.24 (0.20 to 0.29) |
| Sanitation facilities | ||||
| Improved sanitation facility (RC) | 7110 | 5000 | ||
| Unimproved sanitation facility | 7284 | 1583 | 0.30 (0.28 to 0.32) | 0.86 (0.79 to 0.95) |
| Open defecation (no facility/bush/field) | 760 | 84 | 0.16 (0.12 to 0.19) | 0.92 (0.70 to 1.22) |
| Improved water | ||||
| Improved source (RC) | 14 696 | 6593 | ||
| Unimproved source | 464 | 74 | 0.36 (0.27 to 0.46) | 0.56 (0.41 to 0.76) |
| Household wealth status | ||||
| Poorest (RC) | 4556 | 669 | ||
| Poorer | 4001 | 880 | 1.49 (1.34 to 1.67) | 1.09 (0.95 to 1.25) |
| Middle | 3350 | 1237 | 2.51 (2.27 to 2.79) | 1.40 (1.23 to 1.62) |
| Richer | 2972 | 1831 | 4.19 (3.79 to 4.66) | 1.79 (1.55 to 2.06) |
| Richest | 1867 | 3079 | 11.23 (10.17 to 12.40) | 2.81 (2.38 to 3.30) |
ANC, antenatal care; AOR, adjusted OR; BMI, body mass index; RC, reference category; UOR, unadjusted OR.