Relationship of Individual Atributes with Birth Place: Cross Sectional Study in Muna, East Indonesia

Until now maternal mortality is very high. More than 20 million women worldwide are pregnant each year, 15% of whom experience complications that require attention from trained health workers to prevent morbidity and death. Labor at home nationally in Indonesia is also still high. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship of the attributes of individuals to the place of birth in Muna East Indonesia Method: The study design used a cross-sectional study, starting September 2016 until February 2017. Samples were 730 mothers of babies, spread across 22 regional health centers in Muna Regency. Sampling is proportional to simple random sampling.

Most respondents preferred to give birth at home to 473 people (64.8%). Individual attributes that were significantly associated with the place of delivery were education OR = 2.69, Maternal occupation OR = 1.75, Parity OR = 0.46. Antenatal care (ANC) visit OR = 1.46. Maternal age and history of complications did not show a significant relationship with the place of delivery. Knowledge of mothers had a significant relationship with the place of delivery OR = 2.53. Further analysis with multivariate, significant related variables were education (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR): 2.69 [1.66–4.36]), Parity (AOR: 0.47 [0.34–0.66]), and Knowledge (AOR: 2.19 [1.57–3.06]).

Mother's education and work, parity, ANC frequency and mother's knowledge have a significant relationship with the choice of place of birth while the age variable and history of complications are not related.