Table 2 Birth attendant socio-economic and demographic characteristics
From: Home birth attendants in low income countries: who are they and what do they do?
| Â | Home Birth Attendants | Auxilliary Nurse Midwives | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | DRC | Zambia | Kenya | Guatemala | Pakistan | Nagpur, India | Total | India |
Number enrolled | 102 | 208 | 100 | 434 | 105 | 103 | 1052 | 174 |
Female (%) | 99.0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97.1 | 100 | 99.6 | 94.8 |
Age, yrsMedian (min-max) | 50 (28-78) | 49 (25-70) | 57 (25-81) | 56 (23-92) | 55 (33-85) | 50 (27-77) | 53 (23- 92) | 37 (22- 73) |
Schooling, yrsMedian (min-max) | 0 (0-10) | 7 (0-20) | 1 (0-12) | 0 (0-12) | 0 (0-10) | 1 (0-21) | 0 (0-21) | 12 (0-20) |
School(degree obtained) (%) | 1.0 | 17.8 | 0 | 11.1 | 1.0 | 0 | 8.3 | 67.2 |
Cook on gas stove (%) | 1.0 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 8.1 | 17.1 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 48.3 |
Electricity in home (%) | 0 | 20.2 | 3.0 | 85.5 | 60.0 | 88.3 | 54.2 | 99.4 |
Indoor toilet in home (%) | 1.0 | 14.4 | 2.0 | 44.0 | 43.8 | 35.0 | 29.1 | 92.0 |
Own cell phone (%) | 0 | 77.9 | 39.0 | 55.3 | 18.1 | 14.6 | 45.2 | 92.5 |
Own bicycle (%) | 33.3 | 36.5 | 65.0 | 27.0 | 21.0 | 1.9 | 30.0 | 49.4 |
Access to Motorbike or other motorized vehicle (%) | 0 | 10.1 | 53.0 | 20.5 | 32.4 | 1.0 | 18.8 | 7.5 |