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. 2017 Mar 14;17:27. doi: 10.1186/s12911-017-0421-9

Table 2.

Characteristics of women enrolled into Mobile Midwife from October 2011 to September 2014 in five districts

Total Ada East
April 2013-Sept 2014
Ada West
April 2013-Sep-14
Awutu Senya East
July 2011-Sep-14
Awutu Senya West
July 2011-Sept 2014
Gomoa West
April 2013-Sep-14
n % n % n % n % n % n %
Pregnant women N= 7,370 N= 561 N= 303 N= 1,590 N= 1,323 N= 3,593
 Gestational age at enrolment n= 6,607 n= 459 n= 266 n= 1,449 n= 1,142 n= 3,291
  1st Trimester 1478 22.4% 125 27.2% 99 37.20% 224 15.5% 226 20.0% 804 24.4%
  2nd Trimester 3,498 52.9% 246 53.6% 137 51.50% 830 57.3% 634 55.5% 1651 50.2%
  3rd Trimester 1,631 24.7% 88 19.2% 30 11.30% 395 27.3% 282 24.7% 836 25.4%
 Phone Ownership n= 5,932 n= 501 n= 259 n= 1,478 n= 1,023 n= 2,671
  Shared 872 14.7% 111 22.2% 71 27.4% 112 7.6% 191 18.7% 387 14.5%
  Private 5,060 85.3% 390 77.8% 188 72.6% 1,366 92.4% 832 81.3% 2,284 85.5%
 Number of previous children n= 6,918 n= 501 n= 281 n= 1,506 n= 1,199 n= 3,431
  None 1,988 28.7% 142 28.3% 79 28.1% 449 29.8% 357 29.8% 961 28.0%
  One 1,680 24.3% 106 21.2% 67 23.8% 390 25.9% 289 24.1% 828 24.1%
  2 or more 3,250 47.0% 253 50.5% 135 48.0% 667 44.3% 553 46.1% 1642 47.9%
Postpartum N= 14,867 N= 1,454 N= 1,971 N= 2,302 N= 3,693 N= 5,447
 Age at enrollment n= 14,843 n= 1,454 n= 1,971 n= 2,300 n= 3,693 n= 5,425
  Less than 6 weeks 3,567 24.0% 215 14.8% 460 23.3% 317 13.8% 1134 30.7% 1441 26.6%
  7 weeks-6 months postpartum 7,496 50.5% 786 54.1% 962 48.8% 1373 59.7% 1744 47.2% 2,631 48.5%
  6-12 months postpartum 3,780 25.5% 453 31.2% 549 27.9% 610 26.5% 815 22.1% 1,353 24.9%
 Phone ownership n= 10,680 n= 1,259 n= 1,560 n= 1,835 n= 2,111 n= 3,915
  Shared 2,429 22.7% 327 26.0% 348 22.3% 370 20.2% 577 27.3% 807 20.6%
  Private 8,251 77.3% 932 74.0% 1212 77.7% 1,465 79.8% 1,534 72.7% 3,108 79.4%