Begum Zainab

Analysis on Place of Child Delivery in Bangladesh: on Bdhs 2007 Data Begum Zainab

In order to reduce maternal mortality, the Bangladesh government has increased its commitment to institutional deliveries. We assess the determinants of home, private and public sector utilization for a delivery in our country. Cross sectional analyses of the Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey 2007 dataset. Multinomial logistic regression is used to assess the determinants of the place o delivery. A majority delivered at home (n = 5090, 82.8%); with public and private facility deliveries accounting for 8% (n = 493) and 9.1% (n = 561) respectively. For the choice set of home delivery versus public facility, women with higher birth order and those living in rural areas had greater odds, of delivering at home, while increasing maternal age, greater media exposure, Maternal education and more then three antenatal visits is associated with private delivery. Moreover location, Mother's education, Household living condition, Antenatal visits, father's Education, Media exposure are all the significant variable.