Table 2 Associations between socio-demographic characteristics and place of delivery (N = 303)
Home delivery | Facility delivery | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 58) | (N = 245) | ||||
N | % | N | % | P-value | |
Maternal age | |||||
18-25 (years) | 31 | 14.4 | 184 | 85.6 | |
26-30 (years) | 20 | 30.3 | 46 | 69.7 | |
≥31(years) | 7 | 31.8 | 15 | 68.2 | 0.002a |
Education level | |||||
Primary or lower | 47 | 28.1 | 120 | 71.9 | |
Secondary/Vocational | 10 | 9.4 | 96 | 90.6 | |
College/University | 1 | 3.3 | 29 | 96.7 | <0.001a |
Occupation | |||||
Farmers | 55 | 21.9 | 196 | 78.1 | |
Others | 3 | 5.8 | 49 | 94.2 | 0.007b |
Marital status | |||||
Married/Cohabiting | 54 | 22.0 | 191 | 78.0 | |
Unmarried | 4 | 6.9 | 54 | 93.1 | 0.008b |
Economic status (Household asset score) | |||||
0-1 | 16 | 43.2 | 21 | 56.8 | |
2-3 | 31 | 23.1 | 103 | 76.9 | |
≥4 | 11 | 8.3 | 121 | 91.7 | <0.001a |
Medical insurance | |||||
Yes | 8 | 9.6 | 75 | 90.4 | |
No | 50 | 22.8 | 169 | 77.2 | 0.009b |
Unknown | 0 | 1 | |||
Time to reach the nearest delivery facility | |||||
Less than 20 minutes | 22 | 15.7 | 118 | 84.3 | |
20 minutes or more | 36 | 22.1 | 127 | 77.9 | 0.16b |
Parity | |||||
Primiparous | 13 | 8.1 | 147 | 91.9 | |
Multiparous | 45 | 31.5 | 98 | 68.5 | <0.001b |