Table 3.
Preferred location of a future childbirth (same/different) among women in the study population by selected factors (n: 215, five women stated that they would not be pregnant again).
| Same location (%) | Different location (%) | Totals (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social and demographic factors | |||
| Women's age | |||
| <25 years | 52 (87) | 8 (13) | 60 (100.0) |
| 25–35 years | 97 (87) | 15 (13) | 112 (100.0) |
| >35 years | 37 (86) | 6 (14) | 43 (100.0) |
| P value = .995 | |||
| Place of residence | |||
| Urban | 95 (87) | 14 (13) | 109 (100) |
| Rural | 91 (86) | 15 (14) | 106 (100) |
| P value = .779 | |||
| Number of dependents | |||
| 2–5 | 39 (85) | 7 (15) | 46 (100) |
| 6–9 | 56 (89) | 7 (11) | 63 (100) |
| 10–13 | 55 (83) | 11 (17) | 66 (100) |
| >14 | 36 (90) | 4 (10) | 40 (100) |
| P value = .702 | |||
| Dead children | |||
| Yes | 63 (88) | 9 (12) | 72 (100) |
| No | 123 (86) | 20 (14) | 143 (100) |
| P value = .763 | |||
| Antenatal care | |||
| Yes | 129 (87) | 20 (13) | 149 (100) |
| No | 57 (86) | 9 (14) | 66 (100) |
| P value = .966 | |||
| Distance by walking to location of childbirth | |||
| None (home birth) | 140 (93) | 10 (7) | 150 (100) |
| < half an hour | 16 (84) | 3 (16) | 19 (100) |
| half an hour–one hour | 5 (71) | 2 (29) | 7 (100) |
| one hour–two hours | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) |
| >two hours | 25 (66) | 13 (34) | 38 (100) |
| P value <.0001 | |||
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| Literacy and education | |||
| Women's literacy | |||
| Yes | 53 (87) | 8 (13) | 61 (100) |
| No | 133 (86) | 21 (14) | 154 (100) |
| P value = .92 | |||
| Women's literacy and education | |||
| Illiterate | 127 (85) | 22 (15) | 149 (100) |
| Reads Quran | 6 (100) | 0 (0) | 6 (100) |
| Primary school | 33 (85) | 6 (15) | 39 (100) |
| Intermediary school | 5 (83) | 1 (17) | 6 (100) |
| Secondary school | 13 (100) | 0 (0) | 13 (100) |
| Higher education | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) |
| P value = .602 | |||
| Husbands' literacy and education | |||
| Illiterate | 70 (86) | 11 (14) | 81 (100) |
| Reads Quran | 8 (100) | 0 (0) | 8 (100) |
| Primary school | 30 (77) | 9 (23) | 39 (100) |
| Intermediary school | 21 (95) | 1 (5) | 22 (100) |
| Secondary school | 26 (87) | 4 (13) | 30 (100) |
| Higher education | 31 (89) | 4 (11) | 35 (100) |
| P value = .311 | |||
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| Occupation and income | |||
| Women's employment and wage salary during the last 3 months | |||
| Yes | 13 (76) | 4 (24) | 17 (100) |
| No | 173 (87) | 25 (13) | 198 (100) |
| P value = .207 | |||
| Occupational status of husband | |||
| Farmer/laborer | 79 (85) | 14 (15) | 93 (100) |
| Government employee | 107 (88) | 15 (12) | 122 (100) |
| P value = .557 | |||
| Other family income (land/cattle) | |||
| Yes | 43 (91) | 4 (9) | 47 (100) |
| No | 143 (85) | 25 (15) | 168 (100) |
| P value = .258 | |||
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| Factors related to the previous childbirth | |||
| Location of childbirth | |||
| Home | 140 (95) | 8 (5) | 148 (100) |
| Institution | 46 (69) | 21 (31) | 67 (100) |
| P value <.0001 | |||
| Own choice of birth attendance/location of childbirth | |||
| Yes | 165 (92) | 14 (8) | 179 (100) |
| No | 21 (58) | 15 (42) | 36 (100) |
| P value <.0001 | |||
| Birth complications (self-rated) | |||
| Yes | 42 (70) | 18 (30) | 60 (100) |
| No | 144 (93) | 11 (7) | 155 (100) |
| P value <.0001 | |||
| Women's authority during childbirth | |||
| Yes | 147 (94) | 10 (6) | 157 (100) |
| No | 39 (67) | 19 (33) | 58 (100) |
| P value <.0001 | |||
| Presence of birth support person(s) | |||
| Yes | 131 (96) | 6 (4) | 137 (100) |
| No | 55 (70) | 23 (30) | 78 (100) |
| P value <.0001 | |||
| Mother-infant proximity following birth (n = 212, 3 stillborn children) | |||
| Skin-to-skin | 14 (93) | 1 (7) | 15 (100) |
| Wrapped/dressed in arms | 66 (92) | 6 (8) | 72 (100) |
| Separate bed/elsewhere near | 69 (87) | 10 (13) | 79 (100) |
| Other place in room but out of contact | 29 (76) | 9 (24) | 38 (100) |
| Separate room/place out of sight | 5 (63) | 3 (37) | 8 (100) |
| P value = .05 | |||