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Table 3 Descriptive characteristics of women in the sample

From: Community-level factors associated with the use of facility-based delivery assistance in Uganda: a multilevel analysis

  

Delivery in a health facility

Variable

Number (%)

Yes

No

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

County Level

Place of residence

 Rural

1962 (59.3)

1028 (52.4)

934 (47.6)

 Urban

1348 (40.7)

983 (72.9)

365 (27.1)

 Missing

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Women who have had a child die in the past

 Yes

1859 (56.2)

1076 (57.88)

783 (42.12)

 No

1426 (43.1)

927 (65.01)

499 (35.0)

 Missing

0 (0.0)

8 (32.0)

17 (68.0)

Women with more than primary education

 Yes

1393 (42.1)

1002 (71.9)

391 (28.1)

 No

1917 (57.9)

1009 (52.6)

908 (47.4)

 Missing

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Household head with more than primary education

 Yes

1421 (42.9)

1057 (74.4)

364 (25.6)

 No

1889 (57.1)

954 (50.5)

935 (49.5)

 Missing

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Poverty concentration

   

 High

1800 (54.4)

898 (49.9)

902 (50.1)

 Low

1510 (45.6)

1113 (73.7)

397 (26.3)

 Missing

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Prevalence of large family norm (% women with 5 or more children in sub-county)

 High

1775 (53.6)

1073 (60.5)

702 (39.6)

 Low

1535 (46.4)

938 (61.1)

597 (38.9)

 Missing

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Time to any health facility from village center (minutes)

 High

1796 (54.3)

914 (50.9)

882 (49.1)

 Low

1502 (45.4)

1094 (72.8)

408 (27.2)

 Missing

12 (0.4)

3 (25.0)

9 (75.0)

Presence of at least one health facility with good quality rating

 High

1684 (50.9)

1113 (66.1)

571 (33.9)

 Low

1599 (48.3)

881 (55.1)

718 (44.9)

 Missing

27 (0.8)

17 (63.0)

10 (37.0)

Prevalence of female economic empowerment norm (Working women)

 High

1553 (46.9)

945 (60.9)

608 (39.2)

 Low

1757 (53.1)

1066 (60.7)

691 (39.3)

 Missing

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Individual

Age

15–24

808 (24.4)

532 (65.8)

276 (34.2)

25–34

1549 (46.8)

980 (63.3)

569 (36.7)

35–49

947 (28.6)

496 (52.4)

451 (47.6)

 Missing

6 (0.2)

3 (50.0)

3 (50.0)

Parity

1

404 (12.2)

314 (77.7)

90 (22.3)

2–4

1262 (38.1)

834 (66.1)

428 (33.9)

> = 5

1644 (49.7)

863 (52.5)

781 (47.5)

Women’s Education

 No education

417 (12.6)

167 (40.1)

250 (60.0)

 Primary

2001 (60.5)

1121 (56.0)

880 (44.0)

 Secondary

532 (16.1)

442 (83.1)

90 (16.9)

 Higher

80 (2.4)

73 (91.3)

7 (8.8)

 Missing

280 (8.5)

208 (74.3)

72 (25.7)

Household Head’s Education

 No education

387 (11.7)

197 (50.9)

190 (49.1)

 Primary

1718 (51.9)

946 (55.1)

772 (44.9)

 Secondary

705 (21.3)

537 (76.2)

168 (23.8)

 Higher

154 (4.7)

130 (84.4)

24 (15.6)

 Missing

346 (10.5)

201 (58.1)

145 (41.9)

Ever had a child died

 Yes

1197 (36.2)

609 (50.9)

588 (49.1)

 No

2109 (63.7)

1400 (66.4)

709 (33.6)

 Missing

4 (0.1)

2 (50.0)

2 (50.0)

Poor

 Yes

1075 (32.5)

493 (45.9)

582 (54.1)

 No

2228 (67.3)

1512 (67.9)

716 (32.1)

 Missing

7 (0.2)

6 (85.7)

1 (14.3)

Marital Status

 Married monogamously

2062 (62.3)

1262 (61.3)

799 (38.8)

 Married polygamous

681 (20.6)

376 (55.2)

305 (44.8)

 Divorced/separated

270 (8.2)

186 (68.9)

84 (31.1)

 Widow/widower

93 (2.8)

53 (57.0)

40 (43.0)

 Never married

194 (5.9)

130 (67.0)

64 (33.0)

 Missing

10 (0.3)

3 (30.0)

7 (70.0)

Female Economic empowerment (working for wage etc.)

Yes

442 (13.4)

264 (60.0)

178 (40.3)

No

2845 (86.0)

1735 (61.0)

1110 (39.0)

Missing

23 (0.7)

12 (52.2)

11 (47.8)

N

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