Table 2.

Comparison of characteristics of rural Liberian women who reported delivering their last child at home or in hospital, excluding nulliparous women (n=280)

Characteristic	Home	Hospital	p Value
Age, mean years (SD)	30.9 (7.3)	29.6 (8.3)	0.29
Parity, mean no. (SD)	4.9 (2.9)	4.5 (3.2)	0.32
Education level, no. (%)
None	139 (59.9)	20 (43.5)	0.057
Some primary	84 (36.2)	22 (47.8)
Completed primary or greater	9 (3.9)	4 (8.7)
Relationship status, no. (%)
Married	168 (72.1)	33 (70.2)	0.86
Unmarried	65 (27.9)	14 (29.8)
Lost a child during prior pregnancy, no. (%)
Yes	86 (36.9)	18 (38.3)	0.87
No	147 (63.1)	29 (61.7)