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Table 5 Associations between advice on facility delivery and place of delivery among married women

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

 

Home delivery

Facility delivery

 
 

(N = 54)

(N = 191)

 
 

N

%

N

%

P-valuea

Advised by mother-in-law

     

Yes

5

9.6

47

90.4

 

No

49

25.4

144

74.6

0.015

Advised by father-in-law

     

Yes

1

100.0

0

0.0

 

No

53

21.7

191

78.3

0.059

Advised by husband

     

Yes

7

14.9

40

85.1

 

No

47

23.7

151

76.3

0.189

Advised by sister-in-law

     

Yes

0

0.0

3

100.0

 

Nob

54

22.3

188

77.7

0.354

Advised by mother

     

Yes

1

10.0

9

90.0

 

No

53

22.6

182

77.4

0.348

Advised by father

     

Yes

0

 

0

  

No

54

 

191

  

Advised by sister

     

Yes

1

33.3

2

66.7

 

Noc

53

21.9

189

78.1

0.653

Advised by neighbor

     

Yes

2

40.0

3

60.0

 

No

52

21.7

188

78.3

0.328

Advised by health staff

     

Yes

27

17.4

128

82.6

 

No

27

30.0

63

70.0

0.022

  1. aChi-square test.
  2. bIncluded women who did not have any sisters-in-law and who were therefore not advised to have a facility delivery by their sisters-in-law.
  3. cIncluded women who did not have any sisters and who were therefore not advised to have a facility delivery by their sisters.
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