Table 1 Descriptive characteristics for responses from each survey

Number of households

309

280

283

-

-

-

Number of women

354

312

302

-

-

-

% (95% CI)/mean (95% CI)

Community

Mining community

24.3(15.2, 36.5)

21.3 (10.7, 38.0)

10.9 (5.56 20.4)

0.74

0.19

0.04

Motorbike acc. community

79.9 (68.5, 87.9)

59.9 (45.3, 73.0)

83.4 (72.6, 90.5)

0.02

< 0.01

0.60

Distance to facility

≥5-<10 km

50.2 (38.9, 61.5)

46.8 (32.9, 61.2)

57.3 (43.2, 70.3)

0.18

0.51

0.56

≥10-<20 km

45.6 (34.5, 57.2)

39.7 (26.4, 54.8)

36.1 (24.3, 49.9)

≥20 km

4.2 (1.7, 9.7)

13.5 (5.9, 27.7)

6.6 (1.5, 24.9)

Household

Household wealth*

lowest quintile

-2.08 (-2.13, -2.03)

-1.83 (-1.91, -1.76)

-1.94 (-2.07. -1.82)

< 0.01

0.13

0.048

2nd quintile

-1.23 (-1.27, -1.19)

-1.21 (-1.25, -1.17)

-1.22 (-1.29, -1.15)

0.57

0.82

0.85

middle quintile

-0.60 (-0.70, -0.50)

-0.66 (-0.71, -0.61)

-0.55 (-0.60, -0.50)

0.29

< 0.01

0.37

4th quintile

0.19 (0.08, 0.31)

0.29 (0.21, 0.37)

0.32 (0.25, 0.39)

0.17

0.58

0.06

highest quintile

3.23 (2.40, 4.06)

3.42 (2.71, 4.13)

3.17 (2.65, 3.68)

0.71

0.55

0.90

Maternal

Maternal age

18–29

65.2 (60.7, 69.5)

60.6 (55.8, 65.2)

62.9 (58.3, 67.3)

0.04

0.67

0.21

30–39

30.4 (26.2, 34.9)

30.8 (26.6, 35.3)

29.8 (25.11, 34.96)

40+

4.4 (2.7, 7.0)

8.7 (6.6, 11.3)

7.28 (5.2, 10.1)

Maternal education

No education

-

47.1 (40.7, 53.7)

33.8 (28.3, 39.7)

-

< 0.01

-

Some primary education or more

-

52.9 (46.3, 59.4)

66.2 (60.3, 71.7)

Maternal survey language

English

38.5 (31.1, 46.4)

49.0 (39.2, 59.0)

38.4 (30.3, 47.2)

0.11

0.15

0.54

Bassa

61.5 (53.6, 68.9)

50.6 (40.8, 60.4)

61.3 (52.4, 69.4)

Other

0

0.3 (0.1, 1.9)

0.3 (0.1, 2.0)

Number of children born alive

-

4.0 (3.7, 4.3)

3.2 (3.0, 3.5)

-

< 0.01

-

Any children passed

-

-

11.9 (8.9, 15.8)

-

-

-

Birth

No previous live births

-

16.7 (12.9, 21.3)

22.9 (18.7, 27.6)

-

0.046

-

Female child

-

53.6 (49.4, 57.7)

48.2 (42.4, 54.0)

-

0.63

-

Antenatal care (any)

91.7 (87.4, 94.6)

97.1 (94.6, 98.5)

98.3 (95.5, 99.4)

< 0.01

0.34

< 0.01

≥ 4 antenatal care visits

67.8 (61.2, 73.7)

79.6 (73.0, 84.9)

82.1 (76.3, 86.6)

< 0.01

0.54

< 0.01

Facility-based delivery

56.3 (48.9, 63.3)

75.6 (68.4, 81.6)

92.7 (89.2, 95.2)

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

Postnatal care (any)

63.1 (57.8, 68.1)

84.9 (80.6, 88.4)

81.1 (76.2, 85.2)

< 0.01

0.21

< 0.01

Postnatal care (effective)

37.2 (31.6, 43.1)

75.0 (69.7, 79.6)

72.2 (66.5, 77.2)

< 0.01

0.45

< 0.01