A multilevel analysis of the predictors of health facility delivery in Ghana: Evidence from the 2014 Demographic and Health Survey.

ABSTRACT: Health facility delivery has the potential to improve birth and general health outcomes for both newborns and mothers. Regrettably, not all mothers, especially in low-and-middle income countries like Ghana deliver at health facilities, and mostly under unhygienic conditions. Using data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, we fitted both weighted single-level and random intercept multilevel binary logistic regression models to analyse predictors of a health facility delivery among mothers aged 15-49 years and to quantify unobserved household and community differences in the likelihood of health facility delivery. We analysed data on 4202 mothers residing in 3936 households and 427 communities. Of the 4202 mothers who delivered, 3031 (75.3%-weighted and 72.1%-unweighted) delive

SUBMITTER: Aheto JMK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10936823 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature