Table 2 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of participants who had institutional deliveries compared with those who had non-institutional delivery
Characteristic | N(%) |
|---|---|
1. Age (years) | |
≤ 20 | 84 (20.1) |
21–30 | 143 (34.2) |
> 30 | 44 (10.5) |
Don’t know | 147 (35.2) |
Mean age | 24.8 (SD = 6.2) |
Range | 11–40 |
2. Parity | |
1 | 65 (15.6) |
2–5 | 230 (55.0) |
> 5 | 86 (20.6) |
Missing | 37 (8.7) |
Mean | 3.8 (SD = 2.5) |
Range | 1–17 |
3. Payam of residence | |
Nyong | 229 (54.8) |
Himodonge | 189 (45.2) |
6. Level of School attendance | |
None | 256 (60.5) |
Primary | 126 (30.1) |
Secondary | 28 (6.7) |
Tertiary | 2 (0.5) |
Missing information | 9 (2.2) |
7. Antenatal care (ANC) attendance at least once | |
Yes | 306 (73.2) |
No | 100 (23.9) |
Missing | 12 (2.9) |
8. Place of delivery | |
Home | 287 (68.7) |
Health facility | 116 (27.7) |
Missing information | 15 (3.6) |
9. The principle person who conducted the delivery | |
Friend/ Relative/ Neighbor | 165 (39.5) |
TBA | 108 (25.8) |
Village doctor/ Traditional herbalist | 5 (1.2) |
Self | 9 (2.2) |
Doctor | 14 (3.3) |
Nurse midwife | 99 (23.7) |
Other | 6 (1.4) |
Missing information | 12 (2.9) |
9. Mode of delivery | |
Normal vaginal delivery | 390 (93.3) |
Vaginal delivery with vacuum extraction | 3 (0.7) |
Delivery by caesarean section | 8 (1.9) |
Missing information | 17 (4.1) |
10. Postnatal care (PNC) attendance at least once | |
Yes | 94 (22.5) |
No | 309 (73.9) |
Missing information | 15 (3.6) |
11. Reason for first PNC visit | |
For a problem | 12 (12.8) |
Just for a check | 60 (63.8) |
Not sure | 22 (23.4) |