Concerning maternal age, most of the mothers reported giving their latest birth when they were 25 to 29 years old. Regarding parity, every three in five women had given birth before their latest delivery but had no previous CS delivery. As for complication, almost nine in ten women reported having no complication during their pregnancy. In regards to PNC, every three in five women had, at least, eight PNC visits during their latest pregnancy. As for the place of delivery, the majority of women reported giving birth in a public health facility or at home. The average years of schooling for the mothers were 9.29 years while that of the fathers was slightly higher at 9.38 years. Regarding health insurance, almost two-thirds of the women reported having no insurance cover at all and social security was the highest source of health insurance. As for wealth index, the women are roughly equally distributed in each quintile.

The final multivariate LRM consists of ten explanatory variables. The model was statistically significant (\(F_{(25,1782)}=32.56\); p< 0.001). Table 2 presents the results of bivariate and multivariate regressions. We exclude father’s schooling in the multivariate logit model due to its high correlation mother’s schooling.

Table . Relationship of spatial, maternal, and sociodemographic variables with caesarean section deliveries