Table 1

Percentage distribution of mothers and percentage of mothers by place of delivery of the last child, according to their background characteristics, Madhupur 2019

CharacteristicsTotal n (%)Place of delivery
Home n (%)Health facility n (%)p-value
Total464 (100)271 (58.4)193 (41.6) 
Socio-demographic characteristics
Age (yrs)   0.023
<2059 (12.7)37 (62.7)22 (37.3) 
20–29274 (59.1)146 (53.3)128 (46.7) 
30+131 (28.2)88 (67.2)43 (32.8) 
Mean (SD)25.7 (5.7)26.1 (6.2)25.1 (5.1) 
Age at marriage (yrs)   0.256
<18225 (48.5)139 (61.8)86 (38.2) 
18–24222 (47.8)121 (54.5)101 (45.5) 
25+17 (3.7)11 (64.7)6 (35.3) 
Mean (Sd)17.5 (3.2)17.3 (3.3)17.8 (3.0) 
Level of education   <0.001
No education117 (25.2)86 (73.5)31 (26.4) 
Primary178 (38.4)117 (65.7)61 (34.3) 
Secondary+169 (36.4)68 (40.2)101 (59.8) 
Work status   0.018
Not working (housewife)441 (95.0)263 (59.6)178 (40.4) 
Working23 (5.0)8 (34.8)15 (65.2) 
Husband's education   0.002
No education26 (5.6)22 (84.6)4 (15.4) 
Primary185 (39.9)116 (62.7)69 (37.3) 
Secondary+253 (54.5)133 (52.6)120 (47.4) 
Parity   0.041
Primi-parous172 (37.1)90 (52.3)82 (47.7) 
Multi-parous292 (62.9)181 (62.0)111 (38.0) 
Wealth status   0.039
Low188 (40.5)123 (65.4)65 (34.6) 
Medium91 (19.6)50 (54.9)41 (45.1) 
High185 (39.9)98 (53.0)87 (47.0) 
Family size   0.998
≤4214 (46.1)125 (58.4)89 (41.6) 
5+250 (53.9)146 (58.4)104 (41.6) 
Mean (Sd)4.9 (1.6)   
Media exposure   0.488
Daily/Regularly198 (42.7)112 (56.6)86 (43.4) 
Occasional266 (57.3)159 (60.0)107 (40.0) 
Distance to nearest health facility   0.293
≤30-min walk100 (21.6)63 (63.0)37 (37.0) 
>30-min walk364 (78.4)208 (57.1)156 (42.9) 
Awareness about maternity care
Knowledge of complications at the time of delivery   0.061
Yes: Could mention at least one danger sign307 (66.2)179 (58.3)128 (41.7) 
No: Could not mention any danger sign157 (33.8)92 (58.6)65 (41.4) 
Aware of maternity services of health facility   0.019
Yes362 (78.0)204 (56.4)158 (43.6) 
No102 (22.0)78 (76.5)24 (23.5) 
Whether received advice for delivery place   <0.001
Yes341 (73.5)177 (51.9)164 (48.1) 
No123 (26.5)94 (76.4)29 (23.6) 
Having pregnancy complications during last pregnancy   <0.001
Yes234 (50.4)111 (47.4)123 (52.6) 
No230 (49.6)160 (69.6)70 (30.4) 
Preferred delivery place   <0.001
Home291 (62.7)217 (74.6)74 (25.4) 
Hospital173 (37.3)54 (31.2)119 (68.8) 
Prior plan for delivery place of last birth   <0.001
No plan94 (20.3)63 (67.0)31 (33.0) 
Home209 (45.0)162 (77.5)47 (22.5) 
Health facility161 (34.7)46 (28.6)115 (71.4) 
Decision on health care   0.042
Self/Self and husband247 (53.2)122 (49.4)125 (50.6) 
Husband127 (27.4)80 (63.0)47 (37.0) 
Others90 (19.4)52 (57.8)38 (42.2) 

Note(s): p-values are based on the Chi-square test

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