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) | Â | |
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) |