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Social Determinants of Child Birth among Urban Slum
Introduction: Rapid urbanization in Bangladesh is driving growth of poverty in the urban slums which affected the quality of life of slums dwellers. Maternal health indicators are grossly worsening in the urban slums than rural areas. Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the social determinants of child birth among the purposively selected 325 women dwellers in the Korail and Ershadnogor slums of Dhaka. Results: Majority of the women were age group 21-30 years with the mean age 24.70±5.22 years with 70.5% literacy rate and 65.8% were housewives. Majority (43.1%) of the respondents were from lowest income family with income ≤10,000 BDT. About half (51.7%) of respondents deliveries conducted at home. Husband (57.2%) was the prime decision maker in cases of family matters. There were significant association of average monthly family income (p<0.001) and decision maker of family matters (p<0.001) with the place of last delivery. Conclusion: To improve quality of life of the pregnant women, it is an urgency to motivate them to undergo institutional deliveries.