Table 1 Demographic, household and health characteristics of sampled women
From: Coverage and timing of antenatal care among poor women in 6 Mesoamerican countries
Guatemala | Honduras | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama | El Salvador | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 1757 | 1326 | 2193 | 625 | 1079 | 1386 | 8366 |
Demographics | |||||||
Married | 86 % | 80 % | 91 % | 77 % | 81 % | 77 % | 84 % |
Mean number of children | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
Age | |||||||
< 20 years | 16 % | 16 % | 13 % | 15 % | 15 % | 16 % | 15 % |
20–34 | 65 % | 69 % | 70 % | 72 % | 61 % | 70 % | 68 % |
> =35 years | 19 % | 15 % | 18 % | 14 % | 24 % | 14 % | 17 % |
Occupation | |||||||
Employed, working for money | 4 % | 8 % | 6 % | 13 % | 6 % | 8 % | 7 % |
Homemaker | 93 % | 89 % | 93 % | 84 % | 91 % | 90 % | 91 % |
Other | 3 % | 3 % | 2 % | 3 % | 3 % | 2 % | 2 % |
Literate | 41 % | 66 % | 58 % | 77 % | 62 % | 80 % | 60 % |
Education | |||||||
Pre-primary/none | 30 % | 6 % | 17 % | 9 % | 15 % | 10 % | 17 % |
Primary | 52 % | 71 % | 50 % | 46 % | 55 % | 54 % | 54 % |
Post-primary | 18 % | 23 % | 33 % | 45 % | 31 % | 37 % | 29 % |
Household characteristics | |||||||
Female head of household | 13 % | 19 % | 8 % | 26 % | 25 % | 26 % | 16 % |
Urban | 15 % | 15 % | 38 % | 32 % | 0 % | 28 % | 24 % |
Languages spoken in household | |||||||
Only Spanish | 27 % | 100 % | 30 % | 90 % | 3 % | unmeasured | 44 % |
Spanish and Indigenous | 68 % | 0 % | 64 % | 10 % | 67 % | 49 % | |
Only Indigenous | 5 % | 0 % | 7 % | 0 % | 30 % | 6 % | |
Has cell phone | 74 % | 75 % | 37 % | 68 % | 52 % | 82 % | 62 % |
Monthly exp. per capita (USD) | $28.09 | $39.07 | $33.65 | $35.71 | $33.26 | $33.54 | $33.13 |
Health characteristics | |||||||
Wanted pregnancy | 87 % | 72 % | 80 % | 67 % | 70 % | 72 % | 78 % |
Vaginal bleeding | 16 % | 9 % | 12 % | 7 % | 38 % | 7 % | 13 % |
Previous obstetric complications | 10 % | 11 % | 9 % | 10 % | 6 % | 10 % | 9 % |
CHW counseling in prior month | 7 % | 11 % | 17 % | 2 % | 6 % | 40 % | 14 % |
Media exposure in prior month | 67 % | 82 % | 67 % | 90 % | 60 % | 87 % | 74 % |
Satisfied with last medical visita | 91 % | 95 % | 86 % | 93 % | 87 % | unmeasured | 90 % |
Travel time to usual facility | |||||||
< 15 min | 29 % | 34 % | 34 % | 23 % | 61 % | 20 % | 32 % |
15 to <30 min | 27 % | 26 % | 27 % | 26 % | 7 % | 28 % | 26 % |
30 to <60 min | 22 % | 18 % | 23 % | 21 % | 9 % | 28 % | 22 % |
60+ min | 21 % | 22 % | 15 % | 30 % | 23 % | 24 % | 21 % |
Insured | 11 % | 1 % | 83 % | 4 % | 5 % | 8 % | 31 % |
Oportunidades | N/A | N/A | 63 % | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |