Rural–urban differentials in the influences of individual and geospatial preparedness on institutional childbirth: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to explore the rural–urban differentials in the influences of individual and geospatial preparedness on institutional childbirth in Bangladesh. A related aim of this paper is to derive estimates to measure geospatial preparedness for institutional births, through statistical modelling, when no data are available for measuring this areal indicator.

Design, settings and participants

The paper used data from a large-scale nationally representative Bangladesh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019. The analytical sample included 9203 currently married women of reproductive age who had a live birth in the 2 years preceding the survey.

Methods

Mixed effect logistic regression models were employed to explore the rural–urban differentials in inf

SUBMITTER: Rahman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9445825 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature