Socioeconomic inequalities in utilizing facility delivery in Bangladesh: A decomposition analysis using nationwide 2017–2018 demographic and health survey data

• Md. Ashfikur Rahman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Md. Ashfikur Rahman, Satyajit Kundu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ashfikur@ku.ac.bd

  Affiliation Development Studies Discipline, Social Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5517-8557

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• Satyajit Kundu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Md. Ashfikur Rahman, Satyajit Kundu

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Global Health Institute, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9610-1479

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• Harun Or Rashid,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Statistics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

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• Hasibul Hasan Shanto,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Statistics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6660-047X

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• Md. Mahmudur Rahman,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Statistics Department, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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• Bayezid Khan,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Development Studies Discipline, Social Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5792-0903

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• Md. Hasan Howlader,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Development Studies Discipline, Social Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6603-7189

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• Md. Akhtarul Islam

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Statistics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

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