Trends and patterns of inequalities in using facility delivery among reproductive-age women in Bangladesh: a decomposition analysis of 2007–2017 Demographic and Health Survey data

Objectives The prime objectives of the study were to measure the prevalence of facility delivery, assess socioeconomic inequalities and determine potential associated factors in the use of facility delivery in Bangladesh.DesignCross-sectional.Setting The study involved investigation of nationally re...

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Main Authors: Md Akhtarul Islam, Nusrat Jahan, Md Ashfikur Rahman, Satyajit Kundu, Sumaya Sultana, Harun Or Roshid, Zahidul Islam Khan, Mortuza Tohan, Bayezid Khan, Md Hasan Howlader
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-12-01
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author Md Akhtarul Islam
Nusrat Jahan
Md Ashfikur Rahman
Satyajit Kundu
Sumaya Sultana
Harun Or Roshid
Zahidul Islam Khan
Mortuza Tohan
Bayezid Khan
Md Hasan Howlader
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Nusrat Jahan
Md Ashfikur Rahman
Satyajit Kundu
Sumaya Sultana
Harun Or Roshid
Zahidul Islam Khan
Mortuza Tohan
Bayezid Khan
Md Hasan Howlader
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description Objectives The prime objectives of the study were to measure the prevalence of facility delivery, assess socioeconomic inequalities and determine potential associated factors in the use of facility delivery in Bangladesh.DesignCross-sectional.Setting The study involved investigation of nationally representative secondary data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey between 2007 and 2017–2018.Participants The participants of this study were 30 940 (weighted) Bangladeshi women between the ages of 15 and 49.Methods Decomposition analysis and multivariable logistic regression were both used to analyse data to achieve the study objectives.Results The prevalence of using facility delivery in Bangladesh has increased from 14.48% in 2007 to 49.26% in 2017–2018. The concentration index for facility delivery utilisation was 0.308 with respect to household wealth status (p<0.001), indicating that use of facility delivery was more concentrated among the rich group of people. Decomposition analysis also indicated that wealth quintiles (18.31%), mothers’ education (8.78%), place of residence (7.75%), birth order (5.56%), partners’ education (4.30%) and antenatal care (ANC) seeking (8.51%) were the major contributors to the prorich socioeconomic inequalities in the use of facility delivery. This study found that women from urban areas, were overweight, had any level of education, from wealthier families, had ANC, and whose partners had any level of education and involved in business were more likely to have facility births compared with their respective counterparts.Conclusions This study found a prorich inequality in the use of facility delivery in Bangladesh. The socioeconomic disparities in facility delivery must be addressed if facility delivery usage is to increase in Bangladesh.
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spelling doaj-art-223104cb2bbd4a75bb6d1f87bf6cd19b2025-08-20T02:14:02ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552022-12-01121210.1136/bmjopen-2022-065674Trends and patterns of inequalities in using facility delivery among reproductive-age women in Bangladesh: a decomposition analysis of 2007–2017 Demographic and Health Survey dataMd Akhtarul Islam0Nusrat Jahan1Md Ashfikur Rahman2Satyajit Kundu3Sumaya Sultana4Harun Or Roshid5Zahidul Islam Khan6Mortuza Tohan7Bayezid Khan8Md Hasan Howlader9Khulna University, Khulna, BangladeshDevelopment Studies, Khulna University, Khulna, BangladeshKhulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh3 School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, AustraliaDevelopment Studies, Khulna University, Khulna, BangladeshStatistics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, BangladeshStatistics, East West University, Dhaka, BangladeshDevelopment Studies, Khulna University, Khulna, BangladeshDevelopment Studies, Khulna University, Khulna, BangladeshDevelopment Studies, Khulna University, Khulna, BangladeshObjectives The prime objectives of the study were to measure the prevalence of facility delivery, assess socioeconomic inequalities and determine potential associated factors in the use of facility delivery in Bangladesh.DesignCross-sectional.Setting The study involved investigation of nationally representative secondary data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey between 2007 and 2017–2018.Participants The participants of this study were 30 940 (weighted) Bangladeshi women between the ages of 15 and 49.Methods Decomposition analysis and multivariable logistic regression were both used to analyse data to achieve the study objectives.Results The prevalence of using facility delivery in Bangladesh has increased from 14.48% in 2007 to 49.26% in 2017–2018. The concentration index for facility delivery utilisation was 0.308 with respect to household wealth status (p<0.001), indicating that use of facility delivery was more concentrated among the rich group of people. Decomposition analysis also indicated that wealth quintiles (18.31%), mothers’ education (8.78%), place of residence (7.75%), birth order (5.56%), partners’ education (4.30%) and antenatal care (ANC) seeking (8.51%) were the major contributors to the prorich socioeconomic inequalities in the use of facility delivery. This study found that women from urban areas, were overweight, had any level of education, from wealthier families, had ANC, and whose partners had any level of education and involved in business were more likely to have facility births compared with their respective counterparts.Conclusions This study found a prorich inequality in the use of facility delivery in Bangladesh. The socioeconomic disparities in facility delivery must be addressed if facility delivery usage is to increase in Bangladesh.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/12/e065674.full
spellingShingle Md Akhtarul Islam
Nusrat Jahan
Md Ashfikur Rahman
Satyajit Kundu
Sumaya Sultana
Harun Or Roshid
Zahidul Islam Khan
Mortuza Tohan
Bayezid Khan
Md Hasan Howlader
Trends and patterns of inequalities in using facility delivery among reproductive-age women in Bangladesh: a decomposition analysis of 2007–2017 Demographic and Health Survey data
BMJ Open
title Trends and patterns of inequalities in using facility delivery among reproductive-age women in Bangladesh: a decomposition analysis of 2007–2017 Demographic and Health Survey data
title_full Trends and patterns of inequalities in using facility delivery among reproductive-age women in Bangladesh: a decomposition analysis of 2007–2017 Demographic and Health Survey data
title_fullStr Trends and patterns of inequalities in using facility delivery among reproductive-age women in Bangladesh: a decomposition analysis of 2007–2017 Demographic and Health Survey data
title_full_unstemmed Trends and patterns of inequalities in using facility delivery among reproductive-age women in Bangladesh: a decomposition analysis of 2007–2017 Demographic and Health Survey data
title_short Trends and patterns of inequalities in using facility delivery among reproductive-age women in Bangladesh: a decomposition analysis of 2007–2017 Demographic and Health Survey data
title_sort trends and patterns of inequalities in using facility delivery among reproductive age women in bangladesh a decomposition analysis of 2007 2017 demographic and health survey data
url https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/12/e065674.full
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