Bangladesh 1993-1994 Demographic and Health ... - Measure DHS

Table 8.5 Assistance during deliveryPercent distribution of births in the three years preceding the survey by type of assistanceduring delivery, according to selected background characteristics, Bangladesh 1993-94Attendant assisting during delive~Trained TraditionalBackground nurse/ birth Relative/characteristic Doctor Midwife attendant Other No one Missing Total NumberMother's age at birth< 20 3.9 5.3 59.4 30.4 0.7 0.4 I00.0 100920-34 4.4 5.5 60.2 28.3 1.4 0.1 100.0 260735+ 2.7 3.8 64.8 24.9 3.7 0.0 100.0 234Birth order1 7.5 6.5 61.5 23.5 0.5 0.5 100.0 9972-3 4.4 5.2 58.4 30.9 1.0 0.1 100.0 14824-5 2.l 5.1 60.7 30.1 1.9 0.2 100.0 7756+ 1.0 4.0 62.3 29.8 2.9 0.0 100.0 597ResidenceUrban 18.2 16.5 48.8 15.8 0.5 0.2 100.0 392Rural 2.6 4.1 61.6 30.1 1.5 0.2 100.0 3458DivisionBarisal 2.7 4.5 63.1 28.1 1.0 0.5 100.0 247Chittagong 2.3 5.9 72.6 18.2 0.8 0.2 100.0 1174Dhaka 6.4 6.7 59.2 25+9 1.8 0.0 100.0 1174Khuina 4.3 7.5 59.3 27.8 0.7 0.5 100.0 423Rajshahi 4.2 1.8 43.9 48.1 1.9 0.2 100.0 832Mother's educationNo education 1.5 3.1 60.5 32.8 1.9 0.2 100.0 2214Primary incomplete 3.0 3.4 62.0 30.5 1.0 0.i 100.0 654Primary complete 3.0 4.5 69.2 22+9 0.3 0.0 100.0 387Secondary/Higher 16.1 16.6 51.7 14.8 0.4 0.3 100.0 595Antenatal care visits INone 1.5 3.2 62.4 31.4 1.4 0.1 t00.0 27931-3 visits 5.5 9.2 59.9 23.9 1.4 0.I 100.0 8364 or more visits 34.7 19.1 34.5 10.7 0.6 0.3 100.0 210Total 4.2 5.3 60.3 28.7 1.4 0.2 100.0 3850Note: Figures are for births in the period 1-35 months preceding the survey. If the respondentmentioned more than one attendant, only the most qualified attendant was considered.iTotal includes 11 births for which the number of antenatal care visits was unknown.There are only minor differences in the type of assistance at delivery according to the age of themother and the birth order of the child. As might be expected, births in urban areas are more likely to beassisted by medical personnel (doctors, nurses, midwives, or family welfare visitors) than rural births (35 vs.7 percent). Similarly, a higher proportion of births to women with at least some secondary school are assistedby medical personnel (33 percent) than births to women with no education (5 percent). Not surprisingly, themore antenatal visits a woman makes when pregnant, the greater the likelihood that her baby will be deliveredwith assistance from medically trained staff. Of the births whose mothers received no antenatal care, only105