Table 1.
Characteristics of respondents
| Characteristics | SBA (n=14) | TBA (n=37) | All-lay women (n=98) | Subgroups of lay women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRA (n=19) | EIW (n=19) | FF (n=20) | REL (n=20) | NBR (n=20) | ||||
| Age (years) | 42.0 | 52.6 | 41.5 | 28.4 | 63.3 | 27.4 | 50.4 | 39.1 |
| Mean (SD) | (8.0) | (11.5) | (16.2)∗ | (6.5) | (4.9) | (6.4) | (13.7) | (9.8) |
| Parity | 2.1 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 6.8 | 2.8 | 10.2 | 4.3 |
| Mean (SD) | (0.8) | (2.4) | (2.4)∗∗ | (1.4) | (2.2) | (1.4) | (21.3) | (1.3) |
| Educational level | ||||||||
| No school | 0.0 | 59.5 | 40.6 | 15.8 | 84.2 | 10.0 | 65.0 | 30.0 |
| 1-5 year(s) | 0.0 | 37.8 | 30.2 | 36.8 | 15.8 | 40.0 | 15.0 | 45.0 |
| 6-10 years | 35.7 | 2.7 | 24.0 | 42.1 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 15.0 | 20.0 |
| 11-12 years | 35.7 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Graduate school | 28.6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Income (Tk) (%) | ||||||||
| <2,500 | 0.0 | 43.2 | 32.3 | 36.8 | 42.1 | 20.0 | 40.0 | 20.0 |
| 2,500-5,000 >5,000 | 0.0 | 46.0 | 33.3 | 47.4 | 36.8 | 35.0 | 20.0 | 35.0 |
| >5,000 | 100.0 | 2.7 | 34.4 | 15.8 | 21.1 | 45.0 | 40.0 | 45.0 |
| Religion (%) | ||||||||
| Hindu | 7.1 | 10.8 | 12.5∗ | 10.5 | 21.1 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Muslim | 92.9 | 89.2 | 87.5 | 89.5 | 78.9 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 90.0 |
∗2 missing
∗∗3 missing
EIW=Elder influential women; FF=Focal females who gave birth in 2005 and experienced postpartum haemorrhage; NBR=Focal female friend or neighbour; REL=Focal female relative; SBA=Skilled birth attendant; SD=Standard deviation; TBA=Traditional birth attendant; WRA=Women of reproductive age, who gave birth in 2005