Table 1.
Place of birth and attendance at delivery for women having a live birth in past year
No (%) of women (n=5411)
|
|
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Place of birth: | |
Inside home | 4352 (80) |
Yard of home | 541 (10) |
Hospital | 251 (5) |
Shed, field, or workplace | 182 (3) |
Private clinic | 12 (0.2) |
Other | 73 (1) |
Birth attendant*: | |
Doctor | 84 (2) |
Nurse | 240 (4) |
Auxiliary nurse midwife | 50 (1) |
Health assistant (or comparable) | 39 (1) |
Trained traditional birth attendant | 212 (4) |
Untrained traditional birth attendant | 56 (1) |
Maternal and child health worker | 50 (1) |
Village health worker | 8 (0.1) |
Female community health volunteer | 40 (1) |
Mother-in-law | 2178 (40) |
Other family member | 2371 (44) |
Neighbour | 1617 (30) |
No attendant | 619 (11) |
Other | 366 (7) |
More than one attendant may have been present.