Table 5 Reasons for choice of planned and unplanned home deliveries
From: Home delivery and newborn care practices among urban women in western Nepal: a questionnaire survey
Reason given | Planned | Unplanned | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
Preference for home delivery | 36 | - | 36 (15) |
Home delivery is easy and convenient | 30 | - | 30 (12.5) |
All my previous deliveries were at home | 25 | - | 25(10.4) |
Hospital is too far | 12 | 4 | 16(6.7) |
Worries about cost in the hospital | 10 | 8 | 18(7.5) |
Financial problems at home | 7 | 2 | 9(3.7) |
Family members prefer home delivery | 5 | 1 | 6(2.5) |
Fear of hospital | 6 | - | 6(2.5) |
Health worker lives close to house | 3 | - | 3(1.2) |
Precipitate labor* | - | 51 | 51(21.3) |
Lack of transport during labor | - | 18 | 18(7.5) |
Lack of escort during labor | - | 11 | 11(4.6) |
Onset of labor before the expected date | - | 4 | 4(1.7) |
Other reasons | 6 | 1 | 7(2.9) |
Total | 140 | 100 | 240 |