Table 2.
Mistreatment of adolescent mothers during childbirth, privacy, detainment and intention to use the facility for future childbirths
Variables | Frequency | % |
Any physical abuse, verbal abuse or stigma and discrimination | 158 | 32.2 |
Physical abuse | 37 | 7.5 |
Verbal abuse | 131 | 26.7 |
Stigma and discrimination | 74 | 15.1 |
Neglect and abandonment | ||
Staff member was not present during childbirth admission | 25 | 5.1 |
Staff member was not present when the baby came out | 50 | 10.2 |
Health system | ||
Curtains, partitions or other privacy measures not used | 118 | 24.0 |
Did not have a bed to herself during labour | 62 | 12.6 |
Did not have a bed to herself during childbirth | 34 | 6.9 |
Shared bed with another woman or women at any time | 144 | 29.3 |
Detainment (baby or woman detained in the hospital due to inability to pay hospital bills) | 81 | 16.5 |
Future birth intention (would like to have another child) | 426 | 86.8 |
Place to have future childbirth based on recent experience | ||
Same hospital | 242 | 56.8 |
Different hospital | 172 | 40.4 |
At home | 1 | 0.2 |
I don’t know | 6 | 1.4 |
Other | 5 | 1.2 |