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Table 1 Place of delivery and attendance during delivery

From: Home delivery and newborn care practices among urban women in western Nepal: a questionnaire survey

 

Number of births (N = 240)

Percentage

Place of Delivery

In a room

138

57.5

Inside the house

84

35.0

Outside the house

9

3.7

Backyard of the house

6

2.5

Other

3

1.2

Attendant during delivery*

Neighbor

128

53.3

No attendant

38

15.8

Mother

13

5.4

Mother-in-law

12

5.0

Other family member

26

10.8

Auxiliary nurse midwife

8

3.3

Health assistant

7

2.9

Traditional birth attendant

13

5.4

Others

3

1.2

  1. * More than one attendant may have been present