Multilevel analysis of quality of intrapartum care and its associated factors: evidence from 35 Sub-Saharan African countries demographic and health survey

Table 2 Individual- and community-level characteristics of study subjects, pooled data from 35 SSA countries, DHS 2006–2022

Variables	Category	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Respondent’s age	15–19 years	21,490	6.08
	20–34 years	248,197	70.21
	35–49 years	83,796	23.71
Educational status	No education	141,087	39.91
	Primary	115,431	32.66
	Secondary/higher	96,965	27.43
Working status	Not working	104,524	29.57
Working status	Working	248,959	70.43
Media exposure	No	134,452	38.04
Media exposure	Yes	219,031	61.96
Household wealth index	Poor	168,152	47.57
	Middle	69,051	19.53
	Rich	116,280	32.90
Family size	≤ 4	92,445	26.15
Family size	≥ 5	261,038	73.85
Health care decisions	Self	50,913	16.62
	Partner	139,433	45.52
	Jointly with partner	113,965	37.20
	Someone else	2,020	0.66
Sex of household head	Male	279,145	78.97
Sex of household head	Female	74,338	21.03
Pregnancy intention	Unintended	98,318	27.81
Pregnancy intention	Intended	255,165	72.19
Number of antenatal care visits	≤ 3	102,386	28.96
Number of antenatal care visits	≥ 4	251,097	71.04
Number of children ever born	≤ 2	120,025	33.95
	3–4	110,232	31.18
	≥ 5	123,226	34.86
Age at first birth	≤ 19 years	212,119	60.01
Age at first birth	≥ 20 years	141,364	39.99
Mode of delivery	Vaginal	336,603	95.22
Mode of delivery	Cesarean	16,880	4.78
Place of residence	Urban	105,098	29.73
Place of residence	Rural	248,385	70.27
Community media exposure	Low	207,386	58.67
Community media exposure	High	146,097	41.33
Community-level education	Low	189,176	53.52
Community-level education	High	164,307	46.48
Community poverty level	Low	164,328	46.49
Community poverty level	High	189,155	53.51

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