Table 3 Percentage distribution of women by pregnancy risk, and women’s autonomy, maternal childbearing practices and antenatal care of Bangladesh women (n = 327)
Characteristics of respondents | Pregnancy risk (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No risk | Low risk | High risk | Chi square (p-value) | |
Autonomy of women | ||||
Decision-making autonomy | 2.874(0.238) | |||
No autonomy | 20.6 | 29.4 | 50.0 | |
Autonomous | 19.4 | 34.3 | 46.3 | |
Autonomy in physical mobility | 4.920(0.085) | |||
No autonomy | 24.8 | 28.2 | 47.0 | |
Autonomous | 15.7 | 36.0 | 48.3 | |
Economic autonomy | 4.355 (0.113) | |||
No autonomy | 19.1 | 30.9 | 50.0 | |
Autonomous | 24.4 | 42.2 | 33.4 | |
Maternal childbearing practices | ||||
Maternal age | 12.463 (0.002) | |||
Low-risk (20–34 years) | 20.9 | 32.0 | 47.1 | |
High-risk (< 20 years and/or > 34 years) | 17.6 | 33.7 | 49.0 | |
Parity | 8.864 (0.011) | |||
Low-risk (1–3 births) | 21.8 | 32.7 | 45.5 | |
High-risk (> 3 births) | 14.0 | 31.6 | 54.4 | |
Birth interval | 9.034 (0.012) | |||
Low-risk (> 18 months) | 18.5 | 30.5 | 51.0 | |
High-risk (< 18 months) | 21.6 | 36.2 | 42.2 | |
Antenatal care | ||||
No sufficient (< 3 ANC visits) | 18.4 | 23.9 | 57.7 | 14.342 (0.001) |
Sufficient (≥ 3 ANC visits) | 21.3 | 40.9 | 37.8 | |