Is the place of birth related to the mother’s satisfaction with childbirth? A cross-sectional study in a rural district of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR)

Table 4 Bivariate association between satisfaction with childbirth score and socio-demographic and economic characteristics of the study participants (n = 226)

Characteristics	Higher score group		Lower score group		p value^a
Characteristics	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	p value^a
Age
< 20 year	14	45.2	17	54.8	0.398
20 to 34 year	90	54.5	75	45.5
≥ 35 year	13	43.3	17	56.7
Ethnicity
Makong/Tri	41	59.4	28	40.6	0.149
Phouthay	76	48.4	81	51.6	0.149
Religion
Buddhism	41	59.4	28	40.6	0.257
Animism	74	49.0	77	51.0
Other	2	33.3	4	66.7
Occupation
Farmer	109	52.9	97	47.1	0.350
Other	8	40.0	12	60.0	0.350
Husband’s occupation
Farmer	102	52.6	92	47.4	0.572
Other	15	46.9	17	53.1	0.572
Educational attainment
No formal education	73	49.0	77	51.0	0.549
Primary (1 to 5 years)	29	56.9	22	43.1
Secondary or above	15	57.7	11	42.3
Distance from home to health facility^b
< 5 km	60	53.1	53	46.9	0.881
5 to 9 km	37	49.3	38	50.7
> 9 km	19	51.4	18	48.6
Possession of any vehicles
Yes	92	55.1	75	44.9	0.098
No	25	42.4	34	57.6	0.098
Household wealth quartile
First (poorest)	34	59.6	23	40.4	0.347
Second	31	55.4	25	44.6
Third	26	47.3	29	52.7
Fourth (least poorest)	26	44.8	32	55.2

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