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Table 3.

Association of Place of Delivery with Socio-Demographic Variables (N=93)

Characteristics	Category	Place of Delivery		P value
		Home (N=39)	Institution (N=54)
		N (%)	N (%)
Age group in years	≤19	2 (28.6)	5 (71.4)	0.69^*
Age group in years	>19	37 (43.0)	49 (57.0)	0.69^*
Religion	Hindu	37 (42.5)	50 (57.5)	1.00^*
Religion	Christian	2 (33.3)	4 (66.7)	1.00^*
Caste group	Upper caste	1 (8.3)	11 (91.7)	0.01^**
Caste group	Others	38 (46.9)	43 (53.1)	0.01^**
Family type	Nuclear	11 (37.9)	18 (62.1)	0.59^**
Family type	Joint/Extended	28 (43.8)	36 (56.2)	0.59^**
Education of mother	Illiterate	23 (79.3)	6 (20.7)	<0.001^**
Education of mother	Literate	16 (25.0)	48 (75.0)	<0.001^**
Occupation of mother	Housewife	37 (43.5)	48 (56.5)	0.46^*
Occupation of mother	Others	2 (25.0)	6 (75.0)	0.46^*
Education of spouse	Illiterate	12 (92.3)	1 (7.7)	<0.001^**
Education of spouse	Literate	27 (33.8)	53 (66.2)	<0.001^**
Occupation of spouse	Daily wage labourer	28 (62.2)	17 (37.8)	<0.001^**
Occupation of spouse	Others	11(22.9)	37 (77.1)	<0.001^**
Per capita income in US	<1.25	38 (46.3)	44 (53.7)	0.02^*
Per capita income in US	≥1.25	1 (9.0)	10 (91.0)	0.02^*
Time to reach nearest health center in minutes	≤30	12 (27.9)	31 (72.1)	0.01^*
Time to reach nearest health center in minutes	>30	27 (54.0)	23 (46,0)	0.01^*

Fisher’s Exact Test;

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Pearson Chi Square