title: Mother’s duration of stay in the health facility after giving birth
unit_of_measure: Percentage
linearized_input: Mother’s duration of stay in the health facility after giving birth | Percentage | (<6 hours, Vaginal birth, 29) (6-11 hours, Vaginal birth, 14) (12-23 hours, Vaginal birth, 6) (1-2 days, Vaginal birth, 41) (3+ days, Vaginal birth, 10) (<6 hours, Caesarean birth, 7) (6-11 hours, Caesarean birth, 1) (12-23 hours, Caesarean birth, 1) (1-2 days, Caesarean birth, 9) (3+ days, Caesarean birth, 81)
table_text: the percent distribution of women who gave birth in a health facility in the five years preceding the survey by duration of stay in the facility and type of delivery. Among women who gave birth via caesarean section, 81 percent stayed at the hospital for more than three days, as compared with 10 percent of women who had a vaginal birth. The majority (41 percent) of women who had a vaginal birth in a health facility stayed for one or two days.
target: the percent distribution of women who gave birth in a health facility in the five years preceding the survey by duration of stay in the facility and type of delivery.