Coverage, quality of and barriers to postnatal care in rural Hebei, China: a mixed method study

Table 5 Comparison between women who did and did not seek care within 42 days after delivery in rural Hebei, China 2011(n = 1421) ^$

	Women sought care	Women who did not seek care	P value
	(n = 342)	(n = 1079)
Maternal age, yr*	27(24–30)	27(25–30)	0.436
Maternal Hukou**			1.000
Urban	3(0.88)	11(1.03)
Rural	336(99.12)	1058(98.97)
Maternal education***			0.762
Primary school	15(4.45)	56(5.29)
Junior high school	269(79.82)	857(81.00)
High school	44(13.06)	119(11.25)
College or above	9(2.67)	26(2.46)
Maternal occupation***			1.000
Farmer	257(75.82)	812(75.96)
Worker/Staff	7(2.06)	22(2.06)
Housewife	64(18.88)	201(18.80)
Others	11(3.24)	34(3.18)
Family size*	5(4–6)	5(4–6)	0.949
Annual family income, Yuan*	20000(10000–30000)	20000(10000–30000)	0.065
Annual family consumption expenditure, Yuan*	15000(10000–20000)	15000(10000–20000)	0.609
Children’s gender***			0.959
Male	198(57.89)	623(57.74)
Female	144(42.11)	456(42.26)

^$Continuous variables were expressed as median (Q1-Q3) and categorical variables were expressed as number (percentage).
*Two-sample wilcoxon rank-sum test was used to compare continuous variables between women who did and did not seek care within 42 days after delivery.
**Fisher exact test was used compare categorical variables between women who did and did not seek care within 42 days after delivery.
***Pearson chi-square test was used compare categorical variables between women who did and did not seek care within 42 days after delivery.

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