| Title |
Are Women Deciding against Home Births in Low and Middle Income Countries?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0065527 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Fiifi Amoako Johnson, Sabu S. Padmadas, Zoë Matthews |
| Abstract |
Although there is evidence to tracking progress towards facility births within the UN Millennium Development Goals framework, we do not know whether women are deciding against home birth over their reproductive lives. Using Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data from 44 countries, this study aims to investigate the patterns and shifts in childbirth locations and to determine whether these shifts are in favour of home or health settings. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 71% |
| Unknown | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 86% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 90 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 24 | 26% |
| Researcher | 14 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 14 | 15% |
| Unknown | 21 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 20% |
| Social Sciences | 18 | 20% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 17% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 24 | 26% |