Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of women who gave birth, 1998 – 2017 Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of women who gave birth, 1998 – 2017 Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of women who gave birth, 1998 – 2017 Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of women who gave birth, 1998 – 2017 Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of women who gave birth, 1998 – 2017 Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of women who gave birth, 1998 – 2017 Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of women who gave birth, 1998 – 2017 Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of women who gave birth, 1998 – 2017
1998 – 2002 2003 - 2007 2008 - 2012 2013 - 2017
(N = 13186) (N = 14581) (N = 14064) (N = 14631)
%(n) %(n) %(n) %(n) P - value
Age Age <0.001
≤19 ≤19 14.12(1862) 11.76(1715) 11.57(1627) 9.38(1372)
20 – 29 20 – 29 55.63(7336) 54.02(7877) 53.75(7560) 48.81(7142)
≥30 ≥30 30.24(3988) 34.22(4989) 34.68(4877) 41.81(6117)
Education Education <0.001
Primary school and below Primary school and below 49.86(6574) 43.05(6276) 33.40(4698) 26.17(3829)
Junior or senior high school Junior or senior high school 43.59(5748) 49.11(7160) 53.43(7514) 56.33(8241)
University and above University and above 6.55(864) 7.84(1143) 13.17(1852) 17.50(2561)
Residence Residence <0.001
Urban Urban 41.27(5442) 38.24(5576) 45.72(6430) 49.25(7206)
Rural Rural 58.73(7744) 61.76(9005) 54.28(7634) 50.75(7425)
Wealth Wealth <0.001
Poorest Poorest 31.37(4137) 29.14(4249) 28.80(4051) 26.64(3897)
Poorer Poorer 19.60(2585) 20.30(2960) 28.28(2852) 19.77(2893)
Middle Middle 16.54(2181) 17.69(2579) 18.55(2609) 18.75(2743)
Richer Richer 15.82(2086) 16.84(2456) 17.23(2423) 18.02(2637)
Richest Richest 16.66(2197) 16.03(2337) 15.14(2129) 16.82(2461)
Parity Parity <0.001
1 1 32.34(4264) 31.66(4616) 35.10(4937) 30.98(4533)
2 - 3 2 - 3 46.21(6093) 46.63(6799) 47.58(6691) 52.07(7618)
≥4 ≥4 21.45(2829) 21.72(3166) 17.32(2436) 16.95(2480)
Region Region <0.001
Western Western 63.94(8431) 57.75(8421) 58.81(8271) 59.85(8757)
Central Central 36.06(4755) 31.86(4646) 30.70(4317) 30.52(4465)
Eastern Eastern 0(0.00) 10.38(1514) 10.49(1476) 9.63(1409)
Childbirth Care Childbirth Care <0.001
Private services Private services 27.23(3579) 28.82(4189) 35.83(5022) 39.77(5805)
Public services Public services 11.41(1499) 12.89(1874) 20.71(2903) 35.73(5215)
Homebirth Homebirth 61.36(8064) 58.28(8471) 43.47(6093) 24.51(3577)
Other Other 0.14(18) 0.24(35) 0.46(65) 0.23(33)