Table 1.
Characteristics of women surveyed postpartum who attended G-ANC in eight health centers in machakos, Kenya (n = 470)
| Characteristics | Delivered at same (G-ANC) facility (n = 140) Number (%) |
Delivered at a different facility (n = 330) Number (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 19 and below | 8 (5.7) | 24 (7.3) |
| 20–24 years | 47 (33.6) | 105 (31.8) | |
| 25–30 years | 42 (30.0) | 129 (39.1) | |
| 31 years and above | 30 (21.4) | 63 (19.1) | |
| Missing age | 13 (9.3) | 9 (2.7) | |
| Highest education level | Primary and below | 43 (30.7) | 61 (18.5) |
| Secondary | 75 (53.6) | 208 (63.0) | |
| College & university | 22 (15.7) | 61 (18.5) | |
| Employed (ref = not employed) | 73 (52.1) | 169 (51.2) | |
| Married (ref = not married) | 114 (81.4) | 276 (83.6) | |
| Wealth quintiles | Quintile 1 | 31 (22.1) | 34 (10.3) |
| Quintile 2 | 27 (19.3) | 30 (9.1) | |
| Quintile 3 | 30 (21.4) | 70 (21.2) | |
| Quintile 4 | 33 (23.6) | 103 (31.2) | |
| Quintile 5 | 19 (13.6) | 93 (28.2) | |
| Live children | One child | 45 (32.1) | 136 (41.2) |
| Two children | 49 (35.0) | 109 (33.0) | |
| Three or more | 46 (32.9) | 85 (25.8) | |
| Number of pregnancies | One | 42 (30.0) | 119 (36.1) |
| Two | 48 (34.3) | 110 (33.3) | |
| Three | 30 (21.4) | 63 (19.1) | |
| Four and more | 20 (14.3) | 38 (11.5) | |
| G-ANC Facility (increasing caseload) | Facility 1 | 8 (5.7) | 20 (6.1) |
| Facility 2 | 4 (2.9) | 25 (7.6) | |
| Facility 3 | 17 (12.9) | 16 (4.9) | |
| Facility 4 | 24 (17.1) | 10 (3.0) | |
| Facility 5 | 18 (12.9) | 18 (5.5) | |
| Facility 6 | 25 (17.9) | 49 (14.9) | |
| Facility 7 | 19 (13.6) | 60 (18.2) | |
| Facility 8 | 25 (17.9) | 132 (40.0) | |
| Number of G-ANC meetings attended | 1–2 meetings | 32 (22.9) | 78 (23.6) |
| 3–4 meetings | 54 (38.6) | 126 (38.2) | |
| 5–7 meetings | 54 (38.6) | 126 (38.2) | |