Effects of family conversation on health care practices in Ethiopia: a propensity score matched analysis

Emaway Altaye, Dessalew; Karim, Ali Mehryar; Betemariam, Wuleta; Fesseha Zemichael, Nebreed; Shigute, Tesfaye; Scheelbeek, Pauline

doi:10.1186/s12884-018-1978-8

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Table 2 Respondents’ characteristics by exposure status to Family Conversation, full sample

From: Effects of family conversation on health care practices in Ethiopia: a propensity score matched analysis

Sample characteristics	Category	Family conversation during last pregnancy					Total (N = 4684)
		Not-exposed (N = 3926)		Exposed (N = 758)		p-value	Total (N = 4684)
		N	%	N	%	p-value	N	%
Age group	15–19	361	9	34	5	0.005	395	8
	20–24	1068	27	190	25		1258	27
	25–34	1857	47	404	53		2261	48
	35–49	640	16	130	17		770	16
Education	Cannot read	2312	59	390	51	0.007	2702	58
	Primary	899	23	194	26		1093	23
	Higher	715	18	174	23		889	19
Marital status	Other	126	3	18	2	0.328	144	3
Marital status	Married/in union	3800	97	740	98		4540	97
Number of children	1	1111	28	165	22	0.020	1276	27
	2	671	17	127	17		799	17
	3	557	14	121	16		679	15
	4+	1586	40	344	45		1930	41
Religion	Orthodox	2108	54	502	66	0.016	2610	56
	Protestant	821	21	85	11		905	19
	Muslim	958	24	168	22		1125	24
	Other	35	1	4	1		39	1
Wealth quintile	Lowest	785	20	142	19	0.387	927	20
	Second	718	18	171	23		890	19
	Middle	769	20	144	19		914	20
	Fourth	817	21	138	18		955	20
	Highest	840	21	164	22		1004	21
Distance to any health Facility	< 30 min	2022	52	413	55	0.367	2435	52
	30 to 59 min	1225	31	243	32		1468	31
	1+ hours	679	17	102	13		781	17
Region	Tigray	444	11	179	24	< 0.001	623	13
	Amhara	1241	32	252	33		1492	32
	Oromia	1052	27	123	16		1175	25
	SNNP	1186	30	205	27		1390	30
HEW density (population per HEW in kebele)	2499	1747	45	311	41	0.582	2058	44
	2500 to 3499	1056	27	230	30		1287	28
	3500 to 4999	601	15	132	17		733	16
	5000+	522	13	85	11		607	13
WDA density	1 per 40 households	974	25	233	31	0.039	1206	26
	1 per 41–60 households	1602	41	340	45		1942	42
	1 per 61+ households	1354	35	185	24		1539	33
Intensity of CBDDM	0–3	404	10	49	6	< 0.001	453	10
Implementation score	4–6	1708	44	233	31		1941	41
	7–8	915	23	271	36		1185	25
	9–10	895	23	206	27		1101	24
Number of antenatal care visits	0	499	13	12	2	< 0.001	511	11
	1	188	5	9	1		198	4
	2	353	9	44	6		397	9
	3	934	24	174	23		1109	24
	4+	1951	50	518	68		2470	53
Sample size		3926	100.0	758	100.0		4684	100.0

CBDDM Community-Based Data for Decision-Making, HEW Health extension worker, SNNP Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples, WDA Women’s Development Army

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