From: Empowerment and use of antenatal care among women in Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Overall | Adequacy | p‡ | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Adequate | Inadequate | |||
N = 294 (73.6%) | N = 124 (26.4%) | |||
Partner control | ||||
Partner frequently accused her of being unfaithful | 19 (4.6%) | 10 (3.8%) | 9 (6.6%) | 0.231 |
Partner frequently tried to limit her contact with her family | 21 (4.3%) | 14 (3.7%) | 7 (5.8%) | 0.378 |
Partner insisted on knowing where she was at all times | 193 (46.1%) | 116 (40.4%) | 77 (61.5%) | <0.001 |
Partner did not trust her with money | 23 (5.4%) | 15 (5.6%) | 8 (5.0%) | 0.787 |
Partner control index+ [Mean (SE); Range 0 - 4] | 0.6 (0.04) | 0.5 (0.05) | 0.8 (0.06) | 0.004 |
Emotional abuse | 112 (29.3%) | 69 (26.0%) | 43 (38.4%) | 0.031 |
Physical abuse | 21 (4.3%) | 10 (2.9%) | 11 (8.2%) | 0.024 |