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. 2013 Nov 21;13:214. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-214

Table 5.

Associations between advice on facility delivery and place of delivery among married women

 
Home delivery
Facility delivery
 
 
(N = 54)
(N = 191)
 
  N % N % P-value a
Advised by mother-in-law
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
5
9.6
47
90.4
 
No
49
25.4
144
74.6
0.015
Advised by father-in-law
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
1
100.0
0
0.0
 
No
53
21.7
191
78.3
0.059
Advised by husband
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
7
14.9
40
85.1
 
No
47
23.7
151
76.3
0.189
Advised by sister-in-law
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
0
0.0
3
100.0
 
Nob
54
22.3
188
77.7
0.354
Advised by mother
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
1
10.0
9
90.0
 
No
53
22.6
182
77.4
0.348
Advised by father
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
0
 
0
 
 
No
54
 
191
 
 
Advised by sister
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
1
33.3
2
66.7
 
Noc
53
21.9
189
78.1
0.653
Advised by neighbor
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
2
40.0
3
60.0
 
No
52
21.7
188
78.3
0.328
Advised by health staff
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
27
17.4
128
82.6
 
No 27 30.0 63 70.0 0.022

aChi-square test.

bIncluded women who did not have any sisters-in-law and who were therefore not advised to have a facility delivery by their sisters-in-law.

cIncluded women who did not have any sisters and who were therefore not advised to have a facility delivery by their sisters.