Table 7.
Bivariate Chi-Square Fisher’s Exact Test Analysis of Factors Associated with Post-Partum Mother at Mengo Hospital
| Factors/Characteristics | MOD | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaginal Delivery n (%) | Caesarean Delivery n (%) | P-value | |
| Age | |||
| Less than 20 years | 1(25) | 3(75) | |
| 20–29 | 37(35.9) | 66(64) | |
| 30–39 | 31(34.8) | 58(65) | |
| 40–49 | 2(50) | 2(50) | 0.890 |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 67(34.9) | 125(65.1) | |
| Single | 4(57.3) | 3(42.86) | |
| Separated/divorced | 0(0.00) | 1(100) | 0.409 |
| Religion | |||
| Catholic | 26(43.3) | 34(56.6) | |
| Protestant | 21(30.4) | 48(69.5) | |
| Muslim | 14(43.7) | 18(56.2) | |
| Others | 10(25.6) | 29(74.3) | 0.178 |
| No, of pregnancies | |||
| 1–2 pregnancies | 34(30) | 79(69.9) | |
| 3–4 pregnancies | 28(41.7) | 39(58.2) | |
| 5–10 pregnancies | 9(45) | 11(55) | 0.181 |
| Level of education | |||
| No formal education | 5(83.3) | 1(16.6) | |
| Primary education | 2(28.5) | 5(71.4) | |
| Secondary education | 22(36) | 39(63.6) | |
| Tertiary education | 42(33.3) | 84(66.6) | 0.104 |
| Occupation | |||
| Formal employment | 26(30.9) | 58(68) | |
| Self employment | 26(34.6) | 49(63.6) | |
| House wife/unemployment | 19(46.3) | 22(53.6) | 0.242 |
| Presence of indication | |||
| No | 68(91.8) | 6(8.1) | |
| Yes | 3(3.2) | 123(97.6) | 0.000* |
| Influence of decision for CS | |||
| Husband, friends, relatives | 67(94.3) | 4(5.63) | |
| None | 4(3.1) | 125(96.9) | 0.000* |
| Maternal request | |||
| Yes | 1(2.4) | 40(97.5) | |
| No | 70(44) | 89(55.9) | 0.000* |
| Presence of institutional reasons | |||
| Yes | 0(00) | 14(00) | |
| No | 71(38.1) | 115(61.8) | 0.003* |
| Institutional reasons for CS | |||
| Economic gain, reduce stress of labour monitoring | 1(5) | 19(95) | |
| None | 70(38.8) | 110(61.1) | 0.000* |
Note: Data source; Primary data P-value >0.05*.