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Table 4 Demographic characteristics

From: Postnatal care services in rural Zambia: a qualitative exploration of user, provider, and community perspectives on quality of care

Characteristic

Community Members

 

Health System Staff

N = 12

Women

N = 80

Men

N = 40

SMAGs

N = 16

Elders

N = 24

Total

N = 160

Female, n (%)

80 (100)

0 (0.0)

9 (56.2)

13 (54.2)

102 (63.8)

9 (75.0)

Age, mean (SD)

25.7 (5.7)

30.8 (8.2)

48.1 (9.8)

63.3 (8.5)

34.9 (15.4)

38.1 (9.2)

Marital status, n (%)

 Married/cohabiting

65 (81.3)

37 (92.5)

13 (81.3)

17 (70.8)

132 (82.5)

10 (83.4)

 Divorced/separated/widowed

4 (5.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (18.8)

7 (29.2)

14 (8.8)

1 (8.3)

 Never married

11 (13.8)

3 (7.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

14 (8.8)

1 (8.3)

Delivery location (self or spouse), n (%)

 Health facility/hospital

78 (97.5)

35 (87.5)

-

-

113 (94.2)

-

 Home/other

2 (2.5)

5 (12.5)

-

-

7 (5.8)

-

 Gravid status

  Currently pregnant

47 (58.8)

-

-

-

  

  Recently delivered

33 (41.3)

-

-

-

  

 SMAG members

  SMAG

-

-

10 (62.5)

-

10 (62.5)

 

  CHW

-

-

6 (37.5)

-

6 (37.5)

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