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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of Study Participants, PQCC Study 2016

From: Companionship during facility-based childbirth: results from a mixed-methods study with recently delivered women and providers in Kenya

 

Survey respondents

FGD respondents

No.

%

No.

%

Total N

877

100.0

58

100

Age

 15 to 19 years

162

18.5

4

6.9

 20 to 29 years

511

58.3

38

65.5

 30 to 48 years

204

23.3

16

27.6

Marital status

 Single

140

16.0

5

8.6

 Partnered/Cohabiting

3

0.3

1

1.7

 Married

687

78.3

51

87.9

 Widowed

35

4.0

1

1.7

 Divorced/Separated

12

1.4

  

Number of births

 1.0

290

33.1

6

10.3

 2.0

185

21.1

8

13.8

 3.0

163

18.6

11

19

 4 or more

239

27.3

33

56.9

Education

 No school/Primary

495

56.4

46

79.3

 Post-primary/Vocational/Secondary

271

30.9

10

17.2

 College or above

111

12.7

2

3.4

Literacy: writing

 No, cannot write

31

3.5

1

1.7

 Yes, but with some difficulty

141

16.1

38

65.5

 Yes, Very well

705

80.4

19

32.8

Literacy: reading

 No, cannot read

37

4.2

4

6.9

 Yes, but with some difficulty

129

14.7

34

58.6

 Yes, Very well

711

81.1

20

34.5

Employed

 No

658

75.0

39

67.2

 Yes

219

25.0

19

32.8

Wealth Quintile

 Poorest

190

21.7

  

 Poorer

190

21.7

  

 Middle

135

15.4

  

 Richer

172

19.6

  

 Richest

190

21.7

  

Delivery facility type

 Gov’t Hospital

404

46.1

27

49.1

 Gov’t Health Center

362

41.3

23

41.8

 Mission/Private facility

111

12.7

5

9.1

Delivery provider

 Nurse/Midwife

656

74.8

  

 Doctor

83

9.5

  

 Clinical Officer

54

6.2

  

 Non-skilled attendant

21

2.4

  

 1plus skilled providers

63

7.2

  

Delivery Provider sex

 Male

329

37.5

  

 Female

514

58.6

  

 Both

34

3.9

  

Labor/Delivery complications

 No

721

82.21

  

 Yes

156

17.79

  

Past facility delivery

 No

342

39.0

11

19

 Yes

535

61.0

47

81

Trimester of first ANC

 First trimester

261

29.8

  

 Second trimester

536

61.3

  

 Third Trimester

72

8.2

  

 No ANC

6

0.7

  

Number of ANC visits

 No ANC

6

0.7

  

 Less than 4

281

32.2

  

 4 or 5

485

55.6

  

 6 plus

100

11.5

  

Tribe

 Luo

584

66.6

38

65.5

 Kuria

208

23.7

12

20.7

 Other

85

9.7

8

13.8

Religion

 Catholic

242

27.6

12

20.7

 Protestant/Pentecostal

191

21.8

22

37.9

 Seventh Day Adventist

263

30.0

14

24.1

 Other Christian

166

18.9

7

12.1

 Muslim/other religion

15

1.7

3

5.2

Postpartum length

 Less than 1 week

75

8.6

1

1.7

 1 week or more

802

91.4

57

98.3

Place of Interview

 Health facility

356

40.6

10

17.2

 In the community/a home

521

59.4

48

82.8

  1. Blanks were not asked of FGD respondents; PQCC is Perceived Quality of Care during Childbirth