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Table 2 Experience with care during childbirth for facility and home deliveries among women in India

From: Factors influencing women’s preference for health facility deliveries in Jharkhand state, India: a cross sectional analysis

Dimensions of Care

Experience with care during delivery (%)

Facility births (N = 210)

Home births (N = 290)

P Value

Structure (Accessibility, availability of medicine, supplies and hygiene)

Reached facility within 30 min

35.2

NA

NA

Pain management through injection

54.8

24.5

0.000

Pain management through massage

19.0

58.3

0.000

Clean delivery table

90.4

NA

NA

Process of Care (Promptness, Cognitive, privacy, respect by staff who conducted the delivery)

Less than 30 min taken by provider to attend after onset of labor

82.9

78.6

0.239

Not left alone in delivery room

94.3

93.1

0.594

Received information about progression of labour

92.4

92.4

0.989

Received information about delivery procedures

94.3

93.1

0.594

Delivery in a secluded place and absence of male members

99.1

97.6

0.225

No abuse during delivery

87.6

92.8

0.052

Outcome (morbidity and mortality)

No health problem of women post delivery

65.3

67.2

0.640

No health problem of new born post delivery

88.5

86.5

0.502

Other (cost)

Average expenditure in INR

2138

797

NA

(1375–2901)

(689–904)

  1. NA not applicable