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Assistance at Delivery in Roma SettlementsAlmost all births from Roma settlements (99.5 percent) inthe two years preceding the MICS survey were deliveredby skilled personnel (Table RH.9R). This percentage isequally high across all background characteristics. Doctorsassisted with the delivery of 88 percent of births andnurses assisted with 12 percent.In total, 14 percent of women from Roma settlementsin Serbia gave birth by Caesarean section. The highestpercentage of births by Caesarean section are among thericher quintiles, the most educated groups and amongwomen living in urban areas.Table RH.9R: Assistance during delivery, Roma Settlements, 2010Percent distribution of women age 15–49 who had a live birth in the two years precedingthe survey by person assisting at delivery and percentage of births delivered by C-sectionMedicaldoctorNurse/MidwifePerson assisting at deliveryTraditionalbirthattendantRelative/FriendHusbandOtherNoattendantTotalDeliveryassisted byany skilledattendant 1Percentdelivered byC-section 2Numberof womenwho had alive birth inprecedingtwo yearsAreaUrban 85.1 14.4 .1 .2 .0 .0 .1 100.0 99.6 16.9 294Rural 93.2 6.2 .0 .0 .2 .3 .0 100.0 99.4 7.0 146Mother’s age at birthLess than 20 87.0 13.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 100.0 100.0 7.4 15420–34 87.7 11.6 .1 .1 .1 .2 .1 100.0 99.3 16.3 26435–49 (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 100.0 (*) (*) 21Place of deliveryPublic sectorhealth facility88.2 11.8 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 100.0 100.0 13.7 437Home (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 100.0 (*) (*) 2Other (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) (*) 100.0 (*) (*) 1EducationNone 88.6 10.1 .4 .3 .0 .6 .0 100.0 98.7 12.2 89Primary 88.0 11.6 .0 .1 .1 .0 .1 100.0 99.7 12.8 291Secondary 86.8 13.2 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 100.0 100.0 19.9 59Wealth index quintilesPoorest 89.5 8.8 .0 .6 .3 .5 .3 100.0 98.3 11.5 106Second 85.2 14.8 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 100.0 100.0 9.5 99Middle 89.6 10.4 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 100.0 100.0 10.7 80Fourth 88.8 10.8 .4 .0 .0 .0 .0 100.0 99.6 20.5 81Richest 85.7 14.3 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 100.0 100.0 17.8 75Total 87.8 11.7 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 100.0 99.5 13.6 4401MICS indicator 5.7; MDG indicator 5.22MICS indicator 5.9(*) Figures that are based on less than 25 unweighted cases134MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY 2010