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Table 3 Factors associated with place of delivery in rural Ghana (N = 431 unless stated)

From: They receive antenatal care in health facilities, yet do not deliver there: predictors of health facility delivery by women in rural Ghana

Exposure variable

n

Place of delivery

P-value

Home

Health facility

n (%)

n (%)

Age (years)

   

< 0.001

 15–19

32

5 (15.6)

27 (84.4)

 

 20–24

99

20 (20.2)

79 (79.0)

 

 25–29

100

37 (37.0)

63 (63.0)

 

 30–34

79

33 (41.8

46 (58.2)

 

 35–39

67

36 (53.7)

31 (46.3)

 

 40 and above

46

30 (65.2)

16 (34.8)

 

Marital status

   

0.921a

 Single

8

2 (25.0)

6 (75.0)

 

 Married

402

154 (38.3)

248 (61.7)

 

 Cohabiting

4

1 (25.0)

3 (75.0)

 

 Separated

5

2 (40.0)

3 (60.0)

 

 Widow

4

2 (50.0)

2 (50.0)

 

Occupation

   

< 0.001

 Unemployed

79

49 (62.0)

30 (38.0)

 

 Farmer

274

90 (32.9)

184 (67.1)

 

 Self-employed

62

21 (33.9)

41 (66.1)

 

 Formal sector employee

8

1 (12.5)

7 (87.5)

 

Highest educational level attained

   

< 0.001

 No education

172

107 (62.2)

65 (37.8)

 

 Primary

137

42 (30.7)

95 (69.3)

 

 Middle/Junior High

67

8 (11.9)

59 (88.1)

 

 Secondary and above

47

4 (8.5)

43 (91.5)

 

Religion

   

< 0.001

 Traditional

115

70 (60.9)

45 (39.1)

 

 Christian

263

76 (28.9)

187 (71.1)

 

 Moslem

45

15 (33.3)

30 (66.7)

 

Ethnicity

   

0.487a

 Builsa

413

158 (38.3)

255 (61.7)

 

 Mamprusi

4

0 (0.0)

4 (100.0)

 

 Kassena

4

2 (50.0)

2 (50.0)

 

 Sissala

2

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

 

Parity

   

< 0.001

 1

87

12 (13.8)

75 (86.2)

 

 2

101

32 (31.7)

69 (68.3)

 

 3

73

23 (31.5)

50 (68.49)

 

 4

86

40 (46.5)

46 (53.5)

 

 5+

76

54 (71.1)

22 (28.9)

 

Health insurance status during recent pregnancy (N = 351)

   

< 0.001

 Invalid insurance

97

51 (52.6)

46 (47.4)

 

 Valid insurance

254

65 (25.6)

189 (74.4)

 

Exposure to information on delivery care

   

0.001

 Yes

387

138 (35.7)

249 (64.3)

 

 No

36

23 (63.9)

13 (36.1)

 

Gestation of pregnancy at the onset of ANC (N = 418)

   

< 0.001

 First trimester

180

7 (3.9)

173 (96.1)

 

 Second trimester and beyond

238

149 (62.6)

89 (37.4)

 

Number of ANC visit made before delivery (N = 418)

   

< 0.001

 Less than 4 visits

134

115 (85.8)

19 (14.2)

 

 4 and more visits

284

41 (14.4)

243 (85.6)

 
  1. aFisher’s exact test