Table 3. Socio-demographic characteristics and utilization of maternal health services among married adolescent girls (n = 25; n = 28 for ANC4).
Characteristics | ANC 4 (qualified providers) (n = 28) | Place of Delivery (n = 25) | Skilled birth attendants (n = 25) | Mode of Delivery (n = 25) | PNC (n = 25) | ||||||
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Yes | No | Hospital (private) | Hospital (Public) | Home | Yes | No | vaginal | C-section | Yes | No | |
Age | |||||||||||
<18 years | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
18–19 years | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
Sub-district | |||||||||||
Mithapukur | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Badarganj | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Kaunia | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Education level | |||||||||||
No formal education | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Primary school or less | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Secondary school (any) | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
Higher than secondary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 19 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 14 |
Note: we considered age of girls during the second phase of data collection. Detailed socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants can be found elsewhere [31].