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Table 3 Variables related to the perceived need/benefit for receiving quality care

From: Health facility or home delivery? Factors influencing the choice of delivery place among mothers living in rural communities of Eritrea

Variable

Category

n (%)

p value (χ2 test)

Exposure to mass media

 Reading newspapers

Daily

8(2.6)

0.017

Sometimes

75(24.3)

Never

226(73.1)

 Listening radio

Daily

48(15.5)

0.219

Sometimes

144(46.6)

Never

117(37.9)

 Watching TV

Daily

13(4.2)

0.524

Sometimes

27(8.7)

Never

269(87.1)

Knowledge about complications during deliverya

Knowledgeable

127 (41.1)

0.001

Not knowledgeable

182 (58.9)

Pregnancy wantedness

Yes

268 (86.7)

0.332

No

41 (13.3)

ANC use for last pregnancy

Yes

285 (92.2)

0.656

No

24 (7.8)

Perceived quality of care (ANC/delivery care)

Satisfactory

255 (85.6)

0.011

Not satisfactory

43 (14.9)

Previous facility delivery

Yes

125 (40.6)

0.001

No

183 (59.4)

Birth order of last pregnancy

First

55(17.8)

0.117

Second

55(17.8)

Third

50(16.2)

Fourth

49(15.9)

Fifth

45(14.6)

More than six

55 (17.8)

Birth intervalb

Close spacing

120 (38.8)

0.004

Medium

131 (42.4)

Distant

58 (18.8)

Experience of past pregnancy complicationsc

Yes

113 (36.6)

0.379

No

196 (63.4)

 

Women’s perception of delivery outcomes of women in her community

Positive

115 (37.2)

0.001

Negative

125 (40.5)

Mixed

69 (22.3)

Perceived threats of home delivery

Threatening

198 (64.1)

0.001

Not threatening

111 (35.9)

  1. aRespondents were asked to mention at least four complications that could happen during delivery and woman was categorized as not knowledgeable if she names less than four complications. If the respondents mention four or more complications, they were categorized as knowledgeable
  2. bClose birth interval is defined as having deliveries at 1 year or less interval from last child, medium spacing from 1 year to 2 years, and birth spacing more than 3 years or above was categorized as having distant birth spacing
  3. cExperience of abortion, still birth, baby with abnormalities, severe blood loss, and prolonged labor during last pregnancy