Association between social support and place of delivery: a cross-sectional study in Kericho, Western Kenya

Table 4 Associations between support for daily tasks and place of delivery among unmarried women

	Support with housework (N = 58)					Support with fetching water (N = 58)^a					Support with farming (N = 58)^b
	Home delivery		Facility delivery			Home delivery		Facility delivery			Home delivery		Facility delivery
	(N = 4)		(N = 54)			(N = 4)		(N = 54)			(N = 4)		(N = 54)
	N	%	N	%	P-value^c	N	%	N	%	P-value^c	N	%	N	%	P-value^c
Support from mother
Yes	1	2.1	47	97.9		2	5.3	36	94.7		2	6.7	28	93.3
No	3	30.0	7	70.0	0.002	2	10.5	17	89.5	0.463	2	8.0	23	92.0	0.85
Unknown	0		0			0		1			0		3
Support from sister
Yes	1	6.7	14	93.3		0	0.0	28	100.0		0	0.0	14	100.0
No^d	3	7.0	40	93.0	0.967	4	13.8	25	86.2	0.042	4	9.8	37	90.2	0.225
Unknown	0		0			0		1			0		3
Support from neighbor
Yes	0	0.0	3	100.0		2	13.3	13	86.7		0	0.0	11	100.0
No	4	7.3	51	92.7	0.628	2	4.8	40	95.2	0.265	4	9.1	40	90.9	0.299
Unknown	0		0			0		1			0		3

^aExcluded women who did not have to fetch water because they had tap water.
^bExcluded women who did not have to do farming because they had no farms or livestock.
^cChi-square test.
^dIncluded women who did not have any sisters and who therefore did not have support from sisters.

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