Table 1 Institutional childbirth and characteristics of study participants (N = 302)
Number (%) | |
|---|---|
Institutional childbirth | |
Yes | 203 (67.2) |
No | 99 (32.8) |
Maternal age (years), mean [SD] | 27.3 [6.5] |
Less than 20 | 35 (11.6) |
20–24 | 73 (24.2) |
25–29 | 81 (26.8) |
30–34 | 65 (21.5) |
35 and more | 47 (15.6) |
Missing | 1 (0.3) |
Maternal educational attainment | |
Secondary and above | 82 (27.2) |
Primary | 151 (50.0) |
No formal education | 69 (22.9) |
Work of women and house owner | |
At least one employed/self-employed | 126 (41.7) |
Both unemployed/unpaid family work | 174 (57.6) |
Missing | 2 (0.7) |
Ethnicity of women | |
Lao | 30 (9.9) |
Minority | 272 (90.1) |
Distance from the nearest facility (km) | |
Less than 1 | 109 (36.1) |
1–5 | 94 (31.1) |
6 and more | 99 (32.8) |
Number of children | |
One or two | 145 (48.0) |
Three and more | 157 (52.0) |
Maternal knowledge about birth complications | |
Know | 244 (80.8) |
Do not know | 51 (16.9) |
Missing | 7 (2.3) |
Antenatal care during pregnancy | |
Received at least once | 277 (91.7) |
Never | 10 (3.3) |
Missing | 15 (5.0) |