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Table 3 Socio-demographic details for mothers enrolled in the survey

From: Home deliveries in the capital: a qualitative exploration of barriers to institutional deliveries in peri-urban areas of Lusaka, Zambia

Mothers

Zone 2

N = 12

Zone 8

N = 11

Total

N = 23

Age

 < 25

6

2

8

 25–34

2

7

9

 35–44

4

1

5

 45–54

0

1

1

Marital status

 Single

2

0

2

 Married

9

11

21

Tribe

 Bemba

4

2

6

 Chewa

6

2

9

 Tumbuka

1

1

2

 Shona/Ngoni

1

0

1

 Namwanga

0

2

2

 Mambwe

0

3

3

 Tonga

0

1

1

Occupation

 Unemployed

9

6

15

 Business woman

2

3

5

 Cleaner

1

0

1

 Tailor

0

1

1

 Student

0

1

1

Number of children

 1

5

2

7

 2

2

2

4

 3

2

3

5

 4

0

2

2

 5

1

1

2

 > 5

1

1

2

Age at first childa

 < 18

4

1

6

 18–25

7

7

14

Place of delivery

 Chipata First Level Hospital

8

8

16

 Home

4

3

7

  1. aOne participant from Zone 2 and 3 participants from Zone 8 missing details
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