Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (n=3245)
| Variables | Categories | Number | % | Prevalence (95% CI) |
| Place of delivery | Home/ others | 1791 | 55.2 | 55.18 (52.35 to 57.98) |
| Institution | 1454 | 44.8 | 44.82 (42.02 to 47.65) | |
| Age | <20 | 593 | 18.3 | 49.42 (44.34 to 54.51) |
| 20–29 | 1982 | 61.1 | 45.41 (42.31 to 48.54) | |
| 30–49 | 670 | 20.6 | 39.01 (34.57 to 43.65) | |
| Educational level | No education | 199 | 6.1 | 22.21 (16.71 to 28.89) |
| Primary | 922 | 28.4 | 28.90 (25.10 to 33.03) | |
| Secondary | 1650 | 50.9 | 48.63 (45.52 to 51.76) | |
| Higher | 474 | 14.6 | 72.01 (67.27 to 76.30) | |
| Partner’s education | No education | 499 | 15.4 | 25.64 (21.45 to 30.33) |
| Primary | 1140 | 35.1 | 35.01 (31.32 to 38.89) | |
| Secondary | 1098 | 33.8 | 51.06 (47.06 to 55.04) | |
| Higher | 508 | 15.7 | 72.17 (67.35 to 76.52) | |
| Working status | Not working | 1873 | 57.7 | 50.05 (46.45 to 53.65) |
| Working | 1372 | 42.3 | 37.68 (34.31 to 41.16) | |
| Religious status | Hinduism/ Buddhism | 276 | 8.5 | 59.58 (50.77 to 67.80) |
| Islam | 2969 | 91.5 | 43.45 (40.61 to 46.33) | |
| Antenatal visits | No | 292 | 9.0 | 12.30 (08.40 to 17.65) |
| 1–3 | 1565 | 48.2 | 37.01 (33.83 to 40.30) | |
| 4–7 | 1096 | 33.8 | 58.76 (55.06 to 62.36) | |
| ≥8 | 292 | 9.0 | 66.81 (59.98 to 72.99) | |
| Parity | 1 | 1198 | 36.9 | 57.72 (53.79 to 61.57) |
| 2 | 1043 | 32.1 | 43.88 (40.12 to 47.70) | |
| ≥3 | 1004 | 31.0 | 30.39 (26.89 to 34.14) | |
| Listening to radio | No | 3085 | 95.0 | 43.85 (40.97 to 46.77) |
| Yes | 160 | 5.0 | 63.63 (54.54 to 71.84) | |
| Reading newspaper | No | 2994 | 92.3 | 42.97 (40.14 to 45.85) |
| Yes | 251 | 7.7 | 66.92 (60.07 to 73.11) | |
| Watching television | No | 1351 | 41.6 | 31.86 (28.39 to 35.54) |
| Yes | 1894 | 58.4 | 54.06 (50.93 to 57.16) | |
| Aware of community clinic | No | 905 | 27.9 | 43.90 (39.48 to 48.41) |
| Yes | 2340 | 72.1 | 45.18 (42.07 to 48.33) | |
| Household head | Female | 459 | 14.2 | 46.24 (40.40 to 52.19) |
| Male | 2786 | 85.8 | 44.58 (41.70 to 47.47) | |
| Wealth index | Poorest | 810 | 25.0 | 27.18 (23.42 to 31.30) |
| Poorer | 826 | 25.4 | 35.70 (31.87 to 39.72) | |
| Middle | 708 | 21.8 | 48.62 (44.09 to 53.19) | |
| Richer | 573 | 17.7 | 61.14 (56.10 to 65.96) | |
| Richest | 328 | 10.1 | 74.65 (68.98 to 79.58) | |
| Distance to a health facility | Big problem | 1441 | 44.4 | 40.41 (36.95 to 43.95) |
| Not a big problem | 1804 | 55.6 | 48.34 (45.08 to 51.62) | |
| Division | Barisal | 209 | 6.5 | 63.34 (56.31 to 69.86) |
| Chittagong | 722 | 22.3 | 54.49 (47.52 to 61.28) | |
| Dhaka | 577 | 17.8 | 52.81 (43.99 to 61.47) | |
| Khulna | 312 | 9.6 | 42.19(36.15 to 48.46) | |
| Mymensingh | 311 | 9.6 | 65.34 (59.16 to 71.05) | |
| Rajshahi | 424 | 13.1 | 50.66 (44.53 to 56.77) | |
| Rangpur | 402 | 12.4 | 56.48 (48.26 to 64.36) | |
| Sylhet | 287 | 8.8 | 63.72 (55.69 to 71.04) |