Background
Methods
Study setting and sample
Data collection
Analysis
Outcome variables
Independent variables
Regression analysis
Results
Guatemala | Honduras | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama | El Salvador | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 1757 | 1326 | 2193 | 625 | 1079 | 1386 | 8366 |
Demographics | |||||||
Married | 86 % | 80 % | 91 % | 77 % | 81 % | 77 % | 84 % |
Mean number of children | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
Age | |||||||
< 20 years | 16 % | 16 % | 13 % | 15 % | 15 % | 16 % | 15 % |
20–34 | 65 % | 69 % | 70 % | 72 % | 61 % | 70 % | 68 % |
> =35 years | 19 % | 15 % | 18 % | 14 % | 24 % | 14 % | 17 % |
Occupation | |||||||
Employed, working for money | 4 % | 8 % | 6 % | 13 % | 6 % | 8 % | 7 % |
Homemaker | 93 % | 89 % | 93 % | 84 % | 91 % | 90 % | 91 % |
Other | 3 % | 3 % | 2 % | 3 % | 3 % | 2 % | 2 % |
Literate | 41 % | 66 % | 58 % | 77 % | 62 % | 80 % | 60 % |
Education | |||||||
Pre-primary/none | 30 % | 6 % | 17 % | 9 % | 15 % | 10 % | 17 % |
Primary | 52 % | 71 % | 50 % | 46 % | 55 % | 54 % | 54 % |
Post-primary | 18 % | 23 % | 33 % | 45 % | 31 % | 37 % | 29 % |
Household characteristics | |||||||
Female head of household | 13 % | 19 % | 8 % | 26 % | 25 % | 26 % | 16 % |
Urban | 15 % | 15 % | 38 % | 32 % | 0 % | 28 % | 24 % |
Languages spoken in household | |||||||
Only Spanish | 27 % | 100 % | 30 % | 90 % | 3 % | unmeasured | 44 % |
Spanish and Indigenous | 68 % | 0 % | 64 % | 10 % | 67 % | 49 % | |
Only Indigenous | 5 % | 0 % | 7 % | 0 % | 30 % | 6 % | |
Has cell phone | 74 % | 75 % | 37 % | 68 % | 52 % | 82 % | 62 % |
Monthly exp. per capita (USD) | $28.09 | $39.07 | $33.65 | $35.71 | $33.26 | $33.54 | $33.13 |
Health characteristics | |||||||
Wanted pregnancy | 87 % | 72 % | 80 % | 67 % | 70 % | 72 % | 78 % |
Vaginal bleeding | 16 % | 9 % | 12 % | 7 % | 38 % | 7 % | 13 % |
Previous obstetric complications | 10 % | 11 % | 9 % | 10 % | 6 % | 10 % | 9 % |
CHW counseling in prior month | 7 % | 11 % | 17 % | 2 % | 6 % | 40 % | 14 % |
Media exposure in prior month | 67 % | 82 % | 67 % | 90 % | 60 % | 87 % | 74 % |
Satisfied with last medical visita
| 91 % | 95 % | 86 % | 93 % | 87 % | unmeasured | 90 % |
Travel time to usual facility | |||||||
< 15 min | 29 % | 34 % | 34 % | 23 % | 61 % | 20 % | 32 % |
15 to <30 min | 27 % | 26 % | 27 % | 26 % | 7 % | 28 % | 26 % |
30 to <60 min | 22 % | 18 % | 23 % | 21 % | 9 % | 28 % | 22 % |
60+ min | 21 % | 22 % | 15 % | 30 % | 23 % | 24 % | 21 % |
Insured | 11 % | 1 % | 83 % | 4 % | 5 % | 8 % | 31 % |
Oportunidades | N/A | N/A | 63 % | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Women attending at least one ANC visit
Number of skilled ANC visits
Timing of first skilled ANC visit
Factors associated with attending at least one skilled ANC visit
Guatemala | Honduras | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama | El Salvador | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Married | 0.91 | [0.64,1.30] | 1.08 | [0.66,1.79] | 1.10 | [0.69,1.74] | 0.70 | [0.20,2.52] | 0.71 | [0.37,1.37] | 0.97 | [0.39,2.41] |
Parity (ref: 1st child) | ||||||||||||
2nd-3rd child |
0.61**
|
[0.46,0.82]
| 1.10 | [0.59,2.06] | 1.30 | [0.87,1.93] | 0.57 | [0.21,1.58] | 1.18 | [0.46,3.04] | 0.73 | [0.26,2.04] |
4th-5th child |
0.62*
|
[0.42,0.91]
| 0.90 | [0.46,1.76] | 0.80 | [0.54,1.19] | 0.62 | [0.16,2.35] | 1.07 | [0.41,2.79] |
0.18**
|
[0.05,0.62]
|
6th + child | 1.06 | [0.68,1.67] | 0.63 | [0.27,1.49] | 0.76 | [0.49,1.19] | 0.24 | [0.04,1.38] | 0.97 | [0.39,2.39] | 0.40 | [0.07,2.14] |
Age (ref: <20) | ||||||||||||
20–34 |
2.41***
|
[1.66,3.49]
| 0.96 | [0.49,1.89] | 1.11 | [0.74,1.65] | 1.21 | [0.33,4.49] | 0.86 | [0.36,2.05] | 1.69 | [0.47,6.08] |
> =35 |
2.42***
|
[1.52,3.87]
| 1.25 | [0.47,3.38] | 1.45 | [0.88,2.39] | 1.41 | [0.32,6.27] | 2.43 | [0.89,6.69] | 1.82 | [0.35,9.56] |
Education (ref: None) | ||||||||||||
Primary |
1.89***
|
[1.41,2.54]
| 1.86 | [0.89,3.88] |
1.53**
|
[1.13,2.07]
| 2.50 | [1.00,6.28] | 1.92 | [1.00,3.70] | 1.84 | [0.63,5.34] |
Post-primary |
2.92***
|
[2.03,4.21]
|
4.50**
|
[1.57,12.87]
|
2.58***
|
[1.72,3.89]
|
6.68**
|
[2.04,21.86]
|
2.24*
|
[1.02,4.89]
| 1.27 | [0.31,5.24] |
Female head of household | 0.90 | [0.61,1.32] | 1.02 | [0.62,1.70] | 1.39 | [0.86,2.27] | 0.60 | [0.24,1.52] | 1.30 | [0.68,2.47] | 1.66 | [0.62,4.45] |
Urban |
2.07***
|
[1.39,3.09]
| 1.40 | [0.68,2.89] | 1.17 | [0.79,1.72] | 1.78 | [0.29,10.87] | (all rural) | 0.99 | [0.37,2.67] | |
Relative household expenditure per capita (ref: 1st quintile) | ||||||||||||
2nd quintile | 0.96 | [0.62,1.49] | 0.88 | [0.50,1.53] | 1.19 | [0.85,1.67] | 0.49 | [0.17,1.41] | 1.14 | [0.36,3.65] | 2.26 | [0.83,6.13] |
3rd quintile | 1.15 | [0.72,1.84] | 0.75 | [0.39,1.45] | 1.27 | [0.87,1.84] | 0.98 | [0.25,3.78] | 1.01 | [0.35,2.90] | 1.35 | [0.52,3.56] |
4th quintile | 0.97 | [0.64,1.45] | 1.31 | [0.73,2.37] | 1.49* | [1.05,2.11] | 0.31 | [0.08,1.23] | 0.80 | [0.25,2.58] | 2.83 | [0.96,8.38] |
5th quintile |
1.59*
|
[1.02,2.47]
|
3.35**
|
[1.52,7.37]
|
2.47***
|
[1.52,4.02]
| 0.39 | [0.10,1.56] | 0.87 | [0.27,2.87] | 2.96 | [0.88,9.97] |
Owns mobile phone |
1.37*
|
[1.04,1.81]
|
1.66*
|
[1.07,2.56]
| 1.33 | [0.93,1.91] | 0.93 | [0.36,2.42] | 1.31 | [0.75,2.29] | 1.77 | [0.79,3.98] |
Pregnancy was wanted | 1.03 | [0.73,1.47] | 0.84 | [0.51,1.39] | 0.95 | [0.68,1.31] | 1.62 | [0.72,3.62] | 0.86 | [0.34,2.13] | ||
Reported vaginal bleeding | 1.5 | [0.91,2.49] | 0.67 | [0.33,1.39] | 1.37 | [0.91,2.07] | 1 | [1.00,1.00] | 0.62 | [0.30,1.30] | 0.61 | [0.16,2.33] |
Previous complications | 1 | [0.71,1.41] | 1.28 | [0.75,2.19] | 0.89 | [0.58,1.37] | 1.19 | [0.40,3.49] | 0.97 | [0.40,2.35] | 1.94 | [0.50,7.57] |
CHW in the past month | 0.75 | [0.47,1.20] | 1.64 | [0.86,3.11] | 1.44 | [0.98,2.10] | 0.34 | [0.03,3.71] | 0.7 | [0.25,1.92] | 1.37 | [0.59,3.18] |
Media in the past week |
1.65**
|
[1.20,2.27]
|
0.56*
|
[0.32,0.97]
| 0.91 | [0.70,1.17] | 1.22 | [0.49,3.06] | 1.21 | [0.70,2.08] | 0.68 | [0.23,2.01] |
Time to health facility (ref: <15 min) | ||||||||||||
15–<30 min | 1.11 | [0.80,1.54] | 0.9 | [0.46,1.77] | 1.21 | [0.86,1.70] | 0.34 | [0.06,1.81] | 0.77 | [0.29,2.08] |
0.19*
|
[0.04,0.87]
|
30–<60 min | 1.26 | [0.89,1.79] | 0.83 | [0.45,1.50] | 1.11 | [0.74,1.64] | 0.36 | [0.07,1.92] | 1.12 | [0.41,3.07] | 0.23 | [0.05,1.15] |
60+ minutes | 0.81 | [0.54,1.22] | 0.81 | [0.46,1.43] | 1.29 | [0.74,2.25] | 0.29 | [0.05,1.49] | 0.46 | [0.20,1.08] | 0.22 | [0.04,1.09] |
Insured |
1.60*
|
[1.09,2.36]
| 0.83 | [0.07,9.69] |
1.92***
|
[1.43,2.57]
| 0.86 | [0.08,8.83] | 0.94 | [0.29,3.10] | 1.08 | [0.20,5.75] |
Languages spoken in household (ref: Spanish only) | ||||||||||||
Spanish and indigenous | 0.97 | [0.73,1.30] |
0.42***
|
[0.27,0.65]
| 0.46 | [0.07,3.05] | 1.64 | [0.22,12.26] | ||||
Indigenous only | 0.7 | [0.37,1.33] |
0.33***
|
[0.18,0.61]
| 1.28 | [0.16,10.30] | ||||||
Oportunidades |
1.52**
|
[1.12,2.07]
|
Factors associated with receiving four skilled ANC visits, among those with at least one skilled ANC
Guatemala | Honduras | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Married | 0.92 | [0.54,1.58] | 1.48 | [0.85,2.58] | 1.22 | [0.70,2.13] | 1.14 | [0.65,1.99] | 1.23 | [0.68,2.22] |
Parity (ref: 1st child) | ||||||||||
2nd–3rd child | 1.38 | [0.85,2.25] | 0.74 | [0.40,1.36] | 1.20 | [0.82,1.76] |
0.31**
|
[0.15,0.64]
| 1.50 | [0.68,3.29] |
4th–5th child | 1.18 | [0.64,2.17] | 0.55 | [0.27,1.12] | 0.97 | [0.57,1.64] |
0.28**
|
[0.12,0.66]
| 1.22 | [0.44,3.37] |
6th + child | 1.25 | [0.54,2.88] |
0.30**
|
[0.13,0.67]
| 0.74 | [0.43,1.25] |
0.23*
|
[0.07,0.78]
| 1.25 | [0.49,3.20] |
Age (ref: <20) | ||||||||||
20–34 | 0.85 | [0.44,1.64] | 1.45 | [0.73,2.84] | 1.42 | [0.88,2.29] |
3.20*
|
[1.32,7.74]
| 0.71 | [0.29,1.75] |
> =35 | 1.42 | [0.61,3.31] | 1.69 | [0.69,4.11] | 1.67 | [0.91,3.07] |
3.94*
|
[1.29,12.03]
| 0.44 | [0.14,1.44] |
Education (ref: None) | ||||||||||
Primary | 1.55 | [0.84,2.88] | 1.40 | [0.64,3.09] | 1.35 | [0.91,2.01] |
2.51*
|
[1.22,5.16]
| 0.95 | [0.42,2.12] |
Post-primary |
2.18*
|
[1.10,4.31]
| 1.78 | [0.71,4.44] |
1.99**
|
[1.25,3.17]
|
3.89**
|
[1.49,10.13]
| 0.87 | [0.37,2.07] |
Female head of household | 0.78 | [0.41,1.48] | 1.02 | [0.52,1.98] | 0.90 | [0.55,1.49] | 1.25 | [0.70,2.23] | 1.45 | [0.94,2.22] |
Urban | 1.57 | [0.87,2.85] | 0.81 | [0.50,1.34] | 1.27 | [0.87,1.85] | 1.40 | [0.64,3.05] | (all rural) | |
Relative household expenditure per capita (ref: 1st quintile) | ||||||||||
2nd quintile | 0.91 | [0.43,1.89] | 1.08 | [0.56,2.05] | 1.19 | [0.81,1.76] | 0.71 | [0.33,1.51] |
3.67***
|
[1.79,7.53]
|
3rd quintile | 0.87 | [0.46,1.64] | 1.46 | [0.80,2.66] | 1.18 | [0.76,1.82] | 0.60 | [0.28,1.29] | 1.25 | [0.63,2.48] |
4th quintile | 0.83 | [0.47,1.48] | 1.18 | [0.64,2.18] | 1.10 | [0.68,1.76] | 0.88 | [0.33,2.31] | 1.91 | [0.91,4.02] |
5th quintile | 0.84 | [0.46,1.55] | 1.12 | [0.57,2.23] | 1.39 | [0.81,2.38] | 0.48 | [0.20,1.16] |
3.09**
|
[1.38,6.90]
|
Owns mobile phone | 0.85 | [0.54,1.33] | 0.78 | [0.48,1.28] | 0.94 | [0.66,1.33] | 1.08 | [0.65,1.78] | 1.20 | [0.67,2.15] |
Pregnancy was wanted |
2.46**
|
[1.39,4.33]
| 1.18 | [0.76,1.82] | 1.32 | [0.94,1.85] | 1.53 | [0.88,2.64] | ||
Reported vaginal bleeding | 0.72 | [0.37,1.38] | 1.39 | [0.58,3.32] | 0.82 | [0.50,1.36] | 1.02 | [0.41,2.53] | 1.69 | [0.73,3.94] |
Previous complications | 1.44 | [0.76,2.70] | 0.83 | [0.44,1.56] |
0.62*
|
[0.40,0.97]
| 1.33 | [0.55,3.24] | 1.77 | [0.55,5.64] |
CHW in the past month | 0.68 | [0.30,1.50] | 2.37 | [0.83,6.76] | 1.16 | [0.80,1.68] | 1.20 | [0.16,8.74] | 1.20 | [0.38,3.77] |
Media in the past week |
1.63*
|
[1.05,2.53]
| 1.31 | [0.81,2.13] |
1.38*
|
[1.01,1.87]
|
2.14*
|
[1.15,3.98]
|
2.18**
|
[1.29,3.69]
|
Time to health facility (ref: <15 min) | ||||||||||
15–<30 min | 0.68 | [0.42,1.09] | 0.72 | [0.40,1.30] | 1.06 | [0.75,1.51] | 1.21 | [0.45,3.22] | 1.42 | [0.45,4.50] |
30–<60 min | 1.16 | [0.63,2.16] | 0.66 | [0.37,1.17] | 1.07 | [0.74,1.56] | 0.88 | [0.39,1.97] | 0.77 | [0.35,1.72] |
60+ minutes | 0.69 | [0.36,1.33] | 0.69 | [0.38,1.26] | 0.98 | [0.58,1.66] | 0.72 | [0.33,1.59] | 0.71 | [0.35,1.43] |
Insured | 1.78 | [0.92,3.44] | 1.21 | [0.23,6.55] |
1.55*
|
[1.10,2.20]
| 1.65 | [0.39,7.07] | 1.22 | [0.34,4.32] |
Languages spoken in household (ref: Spanish only) | ||||||||||
Spanish and indigenous | 1.08 | [0.66,1.76] |
0.54**
|
[0.37,0.78]
| 0.55 | [0.22,1.39] | 0.35 | [0.08,1.49] | ||
Indigenous only | 0.80 | [0.25,2.59] |
0.47*
|
[0.26,0.85]
| 0.41 | [0.09,1.88] | ||||
Oportunidades | 1.31 | [0.93,1.83] |
Factors associated with attending skilled ANC in the first trimester, among those with at least one skilled ANC visit
Guatemala | Honduras | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama | El Salvador | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Married | 0.66 | [0.35,1.23] | 1.78 | [0.97,3.26] |
2.29***
|
[1.42,3.70]
| 1.60 | [1.00,2.55] | 0.75 | [0.40,1.43] |
2.04*
|
[1.12,3.71]
|
Parity (ref: 1st child) | ||||||||||||
2nd–3rd child | 1.18 | [0.68,2.05] |
0.61*
|
[0.37,1.00]
| 0.73 | [0.47,1.11] |
0.59*
|
[0.37,0.94]
| 1.04 | [0.46,2.34] | 0.74 | [0.41,1.32] |
4th–5th child | 0.99 | [0.50,1.97] |
0.48*
|
[0.24,0.98]
| 0.66 | [0.38,1.15] |
0.42*
|
[0.19,0.89]
| 0.63 | [0.22,1.84] | 0.46 | [0.19,1.11] |
6th + child | 1.29 | [0.47,3.51] |
0.29**
|
[0.14,0.62]
| 0.69 | [0.39,1.24] |
0.37*
|
[0.14,0.98]
| 0.39 | [0.11,1.42] |
0.27*
|
[0.10,0.73]
|
Age (ref: <20) | 1.00 | [1.00,1.00] | 1.00 | [1.00,1.00] | 1.00 | [1.00,1.00] | 1.00 | [1.00,1.00] | 1.00 | [1.00,1.00] | 1.00 | [1.00,1.00] |
20–34 | 1.33 | [0.72,2.46] | 1.68 | [0.87,3.24] |
2.57***
|
[1.67,3.97]
| 1.78 | [0.92,3.45] | 1.42 | [0.68,2.97] | 1.67 | [0.82,3.39] |
> =35 | 1.93 | [0.78,4.77] | 1.28 | [0.56,2.93] |
3.16***
|
[1.69,5.90]
| 1.39 | [0.56,3.44] | 1.62 | [0.52,5.07] | 1.73 | [0.67,4.50] |
Education (ref: None) | ||||||||||||
Primary |
2.04*
|
[1.11,3.74]
| 2.17 | [0.94,5.02] | 1.35 | [0.90,2.03] | 1.52 | [0.78,2.96] | 0.65 | [0.31,1.35] | 0.40 | [0.15,1.05] |
Post-primary |
3.08**
|
[1.42,6.68]
| 1.87 | [0.70,5.03] |
1.84*
|
[1.15,2.94]
|
2.30*
|
[1.07,4.96]
| 0.74 | [0.35,1.59] | 0.59 | [0.19,1.84] |
Female head of household | 0.96 | [0.47,1.97] | 1.15 | [0.59,2.23] | 1.10 | [0.70,1.72] | 1.23 | [0.71,2.10] | 1.48 | [0.80,2.75] | 0.81 | [0.46,1.42] |
Urban | 0.93 | [0.52,1.66] | 0.69 | [0.42,1.13] | 1.10 | [0.78,1.57] | 1.48 | [0.82,2.67] | (all rural) | 0.57 | [0.31,1.07] | |
Relative household expenditure per capita (ref: 1st quintile) | ||||||||||||
2nd quintile | 0.54 | [0.22,1.36] |
2.01**
|
[1.24,3.27]
| 1.07 | [0.66,1.74] | 0.84 | [0.46,1.55] | 0.98 | [0.39,2.46] | 0.95 | [0.40,2.22] |
3rd quintile | 0.69 | [0.29,1.65] |
1.94**
|
[1.18,3.19]
| 0.99 | [0.66,1.50] | 1.07 | [0.61,1.91] | 0.67 | [0.30,1.51] | 1.68 | [0.66,4.29] |
4th quintile | 0.92 | [0.42,1.98] |
1.76*
|
[1.05,2.96]
| 1.15 | [0.72,1.84] | 0.93 | [0.47,1.87] | 0.82 | [0.27,2.44] | 1.13 | [0.56,2.26] |
5th quintile | 1.00 | [0.45,2.22] |
2.25**
|
[1.34,3.79]
| 1.33 | [0.77,2.31] | 1.06 | [0.52,2.18] | 0.85 | [0.33,2.23] | 0.79 | [0.37,1.71] |
Owns mobile phone | 0.90 | [0.52,1.56] | 1.21 | [0.76,1.93] | 0.85 | [0.60,1.20] | 1.02 | [0.70,1.46] | 0.79 | [0.43,1.45] | 1.36 | [0.72,2.55] |
Pregnancy was wanted |
2.85**
|
[1.48,5.49]
| 1.32 | [0.88,2.00] | 1.30 | [0.96,1.75] |
1.54*
|
[1.01,2.36]
| 1.36 | [0.84,2.19] | ||
Reported vaginal bleeding | 1.07 | [0.47,2.41] | 1.36 | [0.66,2.80] | 1.37 | [0.82,2.29] | 0.74 | [0.31,1.78] | 1.37 | [0.53,3.54] | 1.41 | [0.51,3.93] |
Previous complications | 1.02 | [0.53,1.95] |
2.29*
|
[1.14,4.57]
| 0.78 | [0.52,1.17] |
1.91*
|
[1.11,3.30]
| 3.82 | [0.89,16.27] | 1.61 | [0.62,4.17] |
CHW in the past month | 1.73 | [0.63,4.76] | 1.06 | [0.61,1.83] | 1.26 | [0.88,1.81] | 1.68 | [0.40,7.11] | 1.01 | [0.26,3.97] | 0.96 | [0.56,1.66] |
Media in the past week | 1.04 | [0.61,1.75] | 0.85 | [0.49,1.45] | 1.22 | [0.90,1.66] | 1.45 | [0.81,2.60] | 1.32 | [0.75,2.33] | 1.31 | [0.67,2.57] |
Time to health facility (ref: <15 min) | ||||||||||||
15–<30 min |
0.54*
|
[0.31,0.93]
| 1.08 | [0.68,1.72] | 0.96 | [0.65,1.42] | 0.72 | [0.45,1.17] | 0.93 | [0.43,1.99] | 1.13 | [0.53,2.43] |
30–<60 min | 0.68 | [0.37,1.25] | 0.80 | [0.45,1.43] | 0.76 | [0.53,1.10] | 0.61 | [0.34,1.07] | 0.80 | [0.26,2.49] | 0.68 | [0.30,1.53] |
60+ minutes | 0.68 | [0.33,1.41] | 1.08 | [0.70,1.69] | 1.48 | [0.84,2.60] |
0.46**
|
[0.27,0.79]
|
0.43*
|
[0.22,0.84]
| 0.75 | [0.31,1.79] |
Insured | 1.04 | [0.59,1.86] | 1.58 | [0.31,8.07] | 1.10 | [0.72,1.66] | 0.91 | [0.30,2.77] | 1.96 | [0.54,7.07] | 1.20 | [0.42,3.43] |
Languages spoken in household (ref: Spanish only) | ||||||||||||
Spanish and indigenous | 1.01 | [0.63,1.63] |
0.53**
|
[0.35,0.80]
|
0.49*
|
[0.25,0.93]
| 0.94 | [0.22,4.02] | ||||
Indigenous only | 0.92 | [0.26,3.24] |
0.41**
|
[0.21,0.80]
| 0.82 | [0.18,3.63] | ||||||
Oportunidades | 1.21 | [0.88,1.68] |