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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents

From: The role of community-based health services in influencing postnatal care visits in the Builsa and the West Mamprusi districts in rural Ghana

Characteristics

Builsa District (n = 325)

N (%)

West Mamprusi District (n = 325)

N (%)

Both Districts (n = 650)

N (%)

p-value†

Age group

<  0.001

 15–24

108

(33.7)

63

(19.6)

171

(26.7)

 25–34

133

(41.6)

182

(56.7)

315

(49.1)

 35–49

79

(24.7)

76

(23.7)

115

(24.2)

Religion

<  0.001

 Traditional

70

(21.6)

13

(4.0)

83

(12.8)

 Christianity

249

(76.9)

79

(24.3)

328

(50.5)

 Islam

5

(1.5)

233

(71.7)

238

(36.7)

Ethnicity

<  0.001

 Builsa

324

(99.7)

2

(0.6)

326

(50.2)

 Mamprusi

 

NA

188

(57.9)

188

(28.9)

 Other

1

(0.3)

135

(41.5)

136

(20.9)

Marital status

 Married

309

(95.4)

317

(97.5)

626

(96.5)

0.135

 Single/widowed/separated

15

(4.6)

8

(2.5)

23

(3.5)

Education

 None

165

(50.8)

175

(53.9)

340

(52.3)

 

 Primary

69

(21.2)

73

(22.5)

142

(21.9)

 

 Middle/JSS/JHS

64

(19.7)

46

(14.1)

110

(16.9)

 

 Secondary/SSS/SHS and above

27

(8.3)

31

(9.5)

58

(8.9)

0.305

Partner’s Education

 None

223

(68.8)

187

(57.5)

410

(63.2)

<  0.001

 Primary

42

(13.0)

35

(10.8)

77

(11.9)

 Middle/JSS/JHS

31

(9.6)

36

(11.1)

67

(10.3)

 Secondary/SSS/SHS and above

28

(8.6)

67

(20.6)

95

(14.6)

Number of children alive

 1

67

(20.6)

58

(17.9)

125

(19.2)

0.876

 2

54

(16.6)

54

(16.6)

108

(16.6)

 3

64

(19.7)

70

(21.5)

134

(20.6)

 4

63

(19.4)

60

(18.5)

123

(18.9)

 5 or more

77

(20.7)

83

(25.5)

160

(20.6)

Distance to health facility

 Less than 30 min

204

(62.8)

192

(59.1)

396

(60.9)

0.002

 30 mins – 2 h

119

(36.6)

116

(35.7)

235

(36.2)

 2 h – 4 h

2

(0.6)

17

(5.2)

19

(2.9)

Wealth Index

 Poor

40

(16.1)

117

(52.5)

157

(33.4)

<  0.001

 Middle

75

(30.3)

82

(36.8)

157

(33.3)

 Rich

133

(53.6)

42

(10.7)

157

(33.3)

ANC attendance

<  0.001

  ≥ 4 attendance

298

(93.1)

257

(80.8)

555

(87.0)

  ≤ 3 attendance

22

(6.9)

61

(19.2)

83

(13.0)

Skilled delivery

<  0.001

 Yes

245

(75.4)

186

(57.2)

431

(66.3)

 No

80

(24.6)

139

(42.8)

219

(33.7)

PNC visits

<  0.001

  ≥ 3 visits

293

(90.1)

112

(34.5)

405

(62.3)

  ≤ 2 visits

32

(9.8)

213

(65.5)

245

(37.7)