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Table 3 Associations between support for daily tasks and place of delivery among married women

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

	Support with housework					Support with fetching water					Support with farming
	(N = 245)					(N = 231)^a					(N = 229)^b
	Home delivery		Facility delivery			Home delivery		Facility delivery			Home delivery		Facility delivery
	(N = 54)		(N = 191)			(N = 51)		(N = 180)			(N = 53)		(N = 176)
	N	%	N	%	P-value^c	N	%	N	%	P-value^c	N	%	N	%	P-value^c
Support from mother-in-law
Yes	29	20.4	113	79.6		17	20.0	68	80.0		5	20.0	20	80.0
No	25	24.3	78	75.7	0.473	34	23.3	112	76.7	0.561	48	23.5	156	76.5	0.693
Support from husband
Yes	3	27.3	8	72.7		1	5.0	19	95.0		36	31.6	78	68.4
No	51	21.8	183	78.2	0.668	50	23.7	161	76.3	0.054	17	14.8	98	85.2	0.003
Support from sister-in-law
Yes	17	25.0	51	75.0		21	29.6	50	70.4		4	40.0	6	60.0
No^d	37	20.9	140	79.1	0.489	30	18.8	130	81.3	0.067	49	22.4	170	77.6	0.196
Support from mother
Yes	0	0.0	3	100.0		1	14.3	6	85.7		0	0.0	1	100.0
No	54	22.3	188	77.7	0.354	50	22.3	174	77.7	0.614	53	23.2	175	76.8	0.582
Support from sister
Yes	5	19.2	21	80.8		3	11.5	23	88.5		0	0.0	5	100.0
No^e	49	22.4	170	77.6	0.715	48	23.4	157	76.6	0.169	53	23.7	171	76.3	0.215
Support from neighbor
Yes	8	36.4	14	63.6		26	30.2	60	69.8		12	27.3	32	72.7
No	46	20.6	177	79.4	0.089	25	17.2	120	82.8	0.021	41	22.2	144	77.8	0.47

^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 farm or livestock.
^cChi-square test.
^dIncluded women who did not have any sisters-in-law and who therefore did not have support from sisters-in-law.
^eIncluded women who did not have any sisters and who therefore did not have support from sisters.

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