Table 1:

Associations between the studied variables and the PNC use

Variables	Modalities	Postnatal consultation				Test χ2
		No		Yes
		%	n	%	n
Woman’s age (year)	< 35	70.4	541	29.6	227	0.46 ns
	≥ 35	68.2	178	31.8	83
Woman’s origin	Rural	76.5	367	23.5	113	18.5***
	Urban	64.1	352	35.9	197
Woman’s education level	Illiterate	77.9	201	22.1	57	30.6***
	Primary	76.5	228	23.5	70
	Secondary and more	61.3	290	38.7	183
Spouse’s education level	Illiterate	81.2	125	18.8	29	40.9***
	Primary	78.8	260	21.2	70
	Secondary and more	61.3	334	38.7	211
Woman’s employment	Active	45.7	37	54.3	44	24.4***
	Inactive	71,9	682	28,1	266
Spouse’s SPC	SPC1	72,8	646	27,2	241	26.7***
	SPC2	51,4	73	48,6	69
Parity	≤ 2	67,4	456	32,6	221	5.95*
	> 2	74,7	263	25,3	89
Failed pregnancy	Yes	72,3	149	27,7	57	0.73 ns
	No	69,3	570	30,7	253
Delivery in a health facility	Yes	30,5	292	69,5	666	0.82 ns
	No	25,4	18	74,6	53

^***:P<0.001;

^**:P<0.01;

^*:P<0.05; ns: not significant