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

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

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 delivery^a	Knowledgeable	127 (41.1)	0.001
Knowledge about complications during delivery^a	Not knowledgeable	182 (58.9)	0.001
Pregnancy wantedness	Yes	268 (86.7)	0.332
Pregnancy wantedness	No	41 (13.3)	0.332
ANC use for last pregnancy	Yes	285 (92.2)	0.656
ANC use for last pregnancy	No	24 (7.8)	0.656
Perceived quality of care (ANC/delivery care)	Satisfactory	255 (85.6)	0.011
Perceived quality of care (ANC/delivery care)	Not satisfactory	43 (14.9)	0.011
Previous facility delivery	Yes	125 (40.6)	0.001
Previous facility delivery	No	183 (59.4)	0.001
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 interval^b	Close spacing	120 (38.8)	0.004
	Medium	131 (42.4)
	Distant	58 (18.8)
Experience of past pregnancy complications^c	Yes	113 (36.6)	0.379
Experience of past pregnancy complications^c	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
Perceived threats of home delivery	Not threatening	111 (35.9)	0.001

^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
^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
^cExperience of abortion, still birth, baby with abnormalities, severe blood loss, and prolonged labor during last pregnancy