Table 1 Demographic, household, and health characteristics of sample women
Guatemala | Honduras | Mexico | Nicaragua | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 1445 | 846 | 1791 | 762 | 4844 |
Education | |||||
None | 28.3% | 5.7% | 14.5% | 10.1% | 13.3% |
Primary/literacy course | 52.6% | 70.8% | 52.9% | 46.1% | 52.9% |
Post-primary | 19.1% | 23.5% | 32.6% | 43.8% | 33.8% |
Age category | |||||
< 20 years | 18.4% | 17.6% | 15.4% | 18.6% | 16.7% |
20 to 34 years | 64.3% | 67.6% | 70.2% | 69.1% | 69.2% |
> =35 years | 17.3% | 14.8% | 14.4% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Occupation | |||||
Employed & working | 4.4% | 6.7% | 4.4% | 11.5% | 6.6% |
Homemaker | 92.9% | 90.7% | 94.1% | 85.7% | 91.4% |
Other | 2.8% | 2.6% | 1.5% | 2.9% | 2.1% |
Married/union | 86.8% | 80.9% | 92.8% | 76.6% | 86.7% |
Average parity | 3.06 | 2.65 | 3.10 | 2.43 | 2.87 |
Child’s age | |||||
< 6 months | 28.0% | 27.6% | 26.5% | 25.6% | 26.5% |
6 to 12 months | 27.9% | 26.5% | 28.6% | 29.7% | 28.6% |
13 to 24 months | 44.1% | 45.8% | 44.9% | 44.7% | 44.9% |
Female child | 50.6% | 50.9% | 49.6% | 50.8% | 50.1% |
Previous obstetric complication not resulting in live birth | 6.7% | 9.9% | 6.2% | 8.7% | 7.3% |
Wanted pregnancy | 84.7% | 73.1% | 79.4% | 68.2% | 76.0% |
Any media exposure (in the last week) | 67.5% | 80.2% | 66.3% | 87.9% | 73.7% |
Indigenous (language spoken in household) | 73.2% | 0.1% | 70.1% | 16.2% | 48.5% |
Contact with CHW (in last month) | 6.8% | 11.3% | 19.0% | 2.0% | 12.7% |
Has insurance | 11.4% | 1.0% | 81.4% | 4.2% | 47.1% |
Urban | 16.8% | 11.8% | 36.1% | 33.7% | 31.6% |
Travel time | |||||
< 15 min. | 31.5% | 32.1% | 34.3% | 23.2% | 30.9% |
15 to 30 min. | 27.4% | 26.1% | 26.1% | 26.8% | 26.4% |
30 to 60 min. | 21.4% | 19.8% | 23.8% | 20.9% | 22.4% |
60+ min. | 19.7% | 22.0% | 15.7% | 29.1% | 20.3% |
Average assets score | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.23 |