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. 2015 Oct 5;10(10):e0139024. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139024

Table 1. Descriptive statistics by type of facility.

Total Sample Hospital Sample Health center sample P-value 3
(N = 796) N (%) (N = 418) N (%) (N = 378) N (%)
Gender < 0.001
Female 550 (71.4) 241 (61.2) 309 (82.2)
Male 220 (28.6) 153 (38.8) 67 (17.8)
Missing 26 24 2
Mean age 1 (Standard deviation) 31.0 (12.6) 33.4 (14.6) 28.8 (9.7) < 0.001
Distance between residence and source of care 2 < 0.001
1–10 km 478 (75.6) 228 (65.3) 250 (88.3)
11–20 km 43 (6.8) 25 (7.2) 18 (6.4)
> 20km 111 (17.6) 96 (27.5) 15 (5.3)
Chief Complaint < 0.001
Pain 123 (15.5) 86 (20.7) 37 (9.8)
Maternal and Child Health 394 (49.7) 169 (40.6) 225 (59.7)
Injury 36 (4.5) 20 (4.8) 16 (4.2)
Specialized Care 37 (4.7) 32 (7.7) 5 (1.3)
Chronic Care 99 (12.5) 50 (12.0) 49 (13.0)
Acute Care 26 (3.3) 14 (3.4) 12 (3.2)
Other or missing 81 (10.1) 47 (11.2) 34 (9.0)
Prior Care <0.001
Yes 221 (28.0) 161 (38.7) 60 (16.1)
No 568 (72.0) 255 (61.3) 313 (83.9)
Missing 7 2 5
Referred <0.001
Yes 79 (9.9) 57 (13.6) 22 (5.8)
No 717 (90.1) 361 (86.4) 356 (94.2)

1 43 people did not report their age.

2 164 people did not know the distance

3 P-Values calculated using chi-squared test for categorical variables and Student’s t-test for continuous variable age.