The effect of maternity waiting homes on perinatal mortality is inconclusive: a critical appraisal of existing evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Table 2 Results of sub-group analyses

Sub-groups		Relative Risk (95% confidence interval)	I^{2 (}%)	τ²	Number of studies	Number of participants	Test for subgroup differences (p-value)
Country	Ethiopia	0.17 (0.09–0.31)	86	0.28	4	35,403	< 0.001
Country	Other country	0.70 (0.43–1.14)	35	0.10	5	7982	< 0.001
Managing authority	Government	0.62 (0.20–1.90)	42	0.47	3	5004	0.34
Managing authority	Non-government	0.32 (0.15–0.70)	94	0.83	6	37,839	0.34

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