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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics

From: Disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth in southern Mozambique: a cross-sectional study

Site

District Hospitals (N = 218)

Central Hospital (N = 302)

p-value

(x2 test, df)

Educational level woman**

n

%

n

%

p = 4e-27

(x2 = 126, d.f. = 3)

 No education

40

18.35

3

0.01

 Primary school (at least 1 year)

173

79.36

181

59.93

 Secondary school

3

1.38

32

10.60

 Higher education

2

0.92

86

28.48

Marital Status

n

%

n

%

p = 0.38

(x2 = 0.77, d.f. = 2)

 Single

48

22.02

61

20.20

 In relationship

167

76.61

241

79.80

 Divorced

3

1.38

0

0

Educational level partner**

n

%

n

%

p = 2.8e-29

(x2 = 140, d.f. = 4)

 No education

7

3.21

1

0

 Primary school (at least 1 year)

135

61.93

132

16.23

 Secondary school

3

1.38

28

9.60

 Higher education

11

5.05

126

41.39

 Don’t know

62

28.44

15

4.97

Religion**

n

%

n

%

p = 4.5e-15

(x2 = 80, d.f. = 6)

 Catholic

25

11.47

74

24.50

 Islam

6

2.75

31

10.26

 Zione

58

26.61

17

5.63

 Protestant

91

41.74

131

43.38

 Independent Christian church

33

15.14

27

8.94

 No religion

3

1.38

0

0

 Others

2

0.92

22

7.29

Age**

n

%

n

%

p = 0.00045

(x2 = 18, d.f. = 3)

 18-21

66

30.28

46

15.23

 > 21-25

48

22.02

71

23.51

 > 25-35

80

36.70

148

49.01

 > 35

24

11.01

37

12.25

Type of delivery**

n

%

n

%

p = 7e-10

(x2 = 42, d.f. = 2)

 Normal

194

88.99

195

64.57

 With complications

16

7.34

49

19.21

 Caesarean section

8

3.67

58

16.23

  1. Levels of significance with the chi-square test:. = p < 0.1; * = p < 0.05; ** = p < 0.01