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Table 5 Characteristics of the respondents who used a MWH and those who did not

From: Personal and environmental factors associated with the utilisation of maternity waiting homes in rural Zambia

Variable

Mean (SD/n(%)

P value

Total Sample (N = 340)

Users (N = 98)

Non users (N = 242)

Age in year (M, SD)

25.54 (6.96)

25.80 (6.70)

25.44 (7.07)

.73

Children (M, SD)

3.05 (2.08)

3.18 (2.34)

3 (1.97)

.49

Marital status (N, %)

 Single

45 (13.2%)

13 (13.3%)

32 (13.2%)

.50

 Married

287 (84.4%)

81 (82.7%)

206 (85.1%)

 Separated

1 (0.3%)

1 (1.0%0

0 (0%)

 Divorced

3 (0.9%)

1 (1.0%)

2 (0.8%)

 Widow

4 (1.2%)

2 (2.0%)

2 (0.8%)

Education Level (N, %)

 Never Attended

9 (2.6%)

5 (5.15)

4 (1.7%)

.60

 Grade 1–4

31 (9.1%)

9 (9.2%)

22 (9.1%)

 Grade 5–7

127 (37.4%)

33 (33.7%)

94 (38.8%)

 Grade 8–9

133 (39.1%)

38 (38.8%)

95 (39.3%)

 Grade 10–12

35 (10.3%)

12 (12.2%)

23 (9.5%)

 Higher Education

5 (1.5%)

1 (0.5%)

4 (2.9%)

Occupation (N, %)

 Dependant

42 (12.4%)

10 (10.2%)

32 (13.2%)

.23

 House wife

81 (23.8%)

20 (20.4%)

61 (25.2%)

 Farmer

130 (38.2%)

45 (45.9%)

85 (35.1%)

 Business woman

57 (16.8%)

17 (17.3%)

40 (16.5%)

 Formal Employment

30 (8.8%)

6 (6.1%)

24 (9.9%)

Income Level (N, %)

 <100

148 (43.5%)

46 (46.9%)

102 (42.1%)

.36

 100–249

54 (15.9%)

14 (14.3%)

40 (16.5%)

 250–499

58 (17.1%)

20 (20.4%)

38 (15.7%)

 500–999

35 (10.3%)

10 (10.2%)

25 (10.3%)

 >1000

45 (13.2%)

8 (8.2%)

37 (15.3%)

 Distance to the nearest clinic in kilometres (M, SD)

12.31 (10.40)

14.94 (10.50)

11.25 (10.19)

.004

ANC use

 ANC booking in months/gestational age (M, SD)

4.33 (1.33)

4.15 (1.29)

4.40 (1.33)

.11

 Number of ANC visits (M, SD)

3.76 (1.01)

4.05 (1.13)

3.64 (0.93)

.001

Complications during pregnancy and ANC (N,%)

 Yes

80 (23.5%)

29 (29.6%)

51 (21.1%)

.09

 No

260 (76.5%)

69 (70.4%)

191 (78.9%)

Psychosocial variables (M,SD)

 Intention

4.95 (0.24)

4.98 (0.20)

4.93 (0.25)

.08

 Cognitive Attitude

4.98 (0.07)

4.99 (0.04)

4.98 (0.08)

.25

 Affective Attitude

4.93 (0.22)

4.98 (0.08)

4.91 (0.25)

<.001

 Descriptive Norms

4.91 (0.27)

4.93 (0.27)

4.90 (0.26)

.34

 Injunctive Norms

4.92 (0.16)

4.94 (0.15)

4.91 (0.17)

.19

 PBC

4.90 (0.13)

4.91 (0.12)

4.90 (0.13)

.75

 Risk Perception

4.98 (0.10)

4.99 (0.05)

4.98 (0.11)

.35

 Perceived Barriers

1.15 (0.15)

1.15 (0.14)

1.15 (0.16)

.82