Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and birth experience (N = 303)
Variable | Median | Range | |
|---|---|---|---|
Maternal age (years) | 23 | 18-41 | |
Infant age (months) | 4 | 0-12 | |
N | % | ||
Tribe | Kipsigis | 294 | 97.0 |
Others | 9 | 3.0 | |
Education level | Lower primary | 43 | 14.2 |
Primary | 124 | 40.9 | |
Vocational | 1 | 0.3 | |
Secondary | 105 | 34.7 | |
College | 25 | 8.3 | |
University | 5 | 1.7 | |
Occupation | Farmer | 251 | 82.8 |
Self-employed | 19 | 6.3 | |
Private employee | 16 | 5.3 | |
Government employee | 12 | 4.0 | |
Student | 5 | 1.7 | |
Marital status | Married/Cohabiting | 245 | 80.9 |
Unmarried | 58 | 19.1 | |
Economic status | 0 | 6 | 2.0 |
(Household assets) | 1 | 31 | 10.2 |
2 | 64 | 21.1 | |
3 | 70 | 23.1 | |
4 | 52 | 17.2 | |
5 | 78 | 25.7 | |
6 | 2 | 0.7 | |
Medical insurance | Yes | 83 | 27.4 |
No | 219 | 72.3 | |
Unknown | 1 | 0.3 | |
Time to reach the nearest delivery facility | Less than 20 minutes | 140 | 46.2 |
20 minutes or more | 163 | 53.8 | |
Place of delivery | Health facility | 245 | 80.9 |
Home | 58 | 19.1 | |
Type of facility where delivery took place | Health center | 147 | 60.0 |
District hospital | 69 | 28.2 | |
Private hospital/Clinic | 24 | 9.8 | |
Dispensary | 1 | 0.4 | |
Sub-district hospital | 1 | 0.4 | |
National hospital | 1 | 0.4 | |
Others | 2 | 0.8 | |
Type of birth attendant at home birth | Mother-in-law | 26 | 44.8 |
Neighbor | 15 | 25.9 | |
Traditional birth attendant | 4 | 6.9 | |
Sister-in-law | 4 | 6.9 | |
Mother | 2 | 3.4 | |
Grandmother | 1 | 1.7 | |
Female relative | 1 | 1.7 | |
Unknown | 5 | 8.6 | |
Parity | Primiparous | 143 | 47.2 |
Multiparous | 160 | 52.8 |