Effects of a community-based data for decision-making intervention on maternal and newborn health care practices in Ethiopia: a dose-response study

Table 3 Sample characteristics by CBDDM implementation strength score at follow-up survey

Characteristic		CBDDM Implementation Strength						p-value
		Low		Medium		High
		%	N	%	N	%	N
Women’s age (years)	15–19	11	93	9	69	8	40	0.506
	20–34	72	593	76	620	74	356
	35–49	17	137	15	122	17	82
Education	None	61	500	57	463	51	244	0.203
	Primary	22	178	23	190	25	121
	Secondary or higher	18	146	20	159	24	113
Marital status	Single	3	29	4	28	4	18	0.971
Marital status	In union	97	795	97	783	96	460	0.971
Number of children	1	31	257	24	194	33	160	0.032
	2	16	133	21	167	15	74
	3	13	110	15	119	15	72
	4+	39	324	41	332	36	173
Religion	Orthodox	57	465	62	506	70	333	0.179
	Protestant	24	201	15	124	22	107
	Muslim	18	144	21	174	8	37
	Traditional/other	2	13	1	7	0	1
Distance to any health facility	< 30 min.	46	378	59	480	65	309	< 0.001
	30 min - < 1 h	33	275	28	230	28	132
	1 - < 2 h	21	170	13	102	8	37
Wealth quintile	Lowest	13	107	14	114	11	55	0.533
	Fourth	18	152	19	156	15	72
	Middle	21	169	16	133	22	106
	Second	24	200	22	176	21	99
	Highest	24	194	29	233	30	146
Region	Tigray	12	97	14	114	16	74	0.512
	Amhara	31	252	39	314	47	227
	Oromia	35	287	26	207	19	89
	SNNP	23	186	22	176	18	88
Population to HEW ratio	2500 or less	44	365	48	392	50	241	0.533
	2501 – 3500	20	167	21	169	39	184
	3501 – 5000	13	107	20	162	8	39
	> 5000	22	183	11	89	3	14
Program stratum	CBDDM only	81	669	76	618	67	320	0.251
Program stratum	Prior program areas	19	154	24	193	33	158
No. of respondents		100	823	100	811	100	478
No. of communities			68		68		41

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