Table 4.
Transportation to site/healthcare facilities at delivery for women included in the full analysis set
| Panama | Dominican Republic | South Africa | Mozambique | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PA_1 | PA_2 | PA_3 | DR_1 | DR_2 | SA_1 | SA_2 | SA_3 | SA_4 | MO_1 | |
| N = 263 | N = 63 | N = 174 | N = 276 | N = 224 | N = 500 | N = 499 | N = 500 | N = 490 | N = 251 | |
| Mode of transportationa | ||||||||||
| Ambulance, n (%) | 13 (4.9) | 10 (15.9) | 3 (1.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 69 (13.8) | 35 (7.0) | 32 (6.4) | 174 (35.5) | 11 (4.4) |
| Minibus/taxi, n (%) | 82 (31.2) | 26 (41.3) | 108 (62.1) | 62 (22.5) | 116 (51.8) | 224 (44.8) | 173 (34.7) | 192 (38.4) | 93 (19.0) | 5 (2.0) |
| Private car, n (%) | 108 (41.1) | 24 (38.1) | 46 (26.4) | 64 (23.2) | 26 (11.6) | 189 (37.8) | 224 (44.9) | 171 (34.2) | 182 (37.1) | 44 (17.5) |
| Public transportation, n (%) | 60 (22.8) | 4 (6.3) | 19 (10.9) | 130 (47.1) | 72 (32.1) | 1 (0.2) | 44 (8.8) | 75 (15.0) | 5 (1.0) | 41 (16.3) |
| Walk, n (%) | 8 (3.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 41 (14.9) | 12 (5.4) | 11 (2.2) | 16 (3.2) | 10 (2.0) | 16 (3.3) | 134 (53.4) |
| Other, n (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 24 (8.7) | 5 (2.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.2) | 7 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 4 (1.6) |
| Duration of travel | ||||||||||
| < 15 min, n (%) | 13 (4.9) | 5 (7.9) | 39 (22.4) | 17 (6.2) | 26 (11.6) | 76 (15.2) | 41 (8.2) | 73 (14.6) | 46 (9.4) | 7 (2.8) |
| 15–29 min, n (%) | 85 (32.3) | 23 (36.5) | 54 (31.0) | 59 (21.4) | 83 (37.1) | 209 (41.8) | 219 (43.9) | 295 (59.0) | 199 (40.6) | 20 (8.0) |
| 30–44 min, n (%) | 61 (23.2) | 11 (17.5) | 39 (22.4) | 71 (25.7) | 76 (33.9) | 133 (26.6) | 170 (34.1) | 80 (16.0) | 163 (33.3) | 85 (33.9) |
| 45–59 min, n (%) | 23 (8.7) | 7 (11.1) | 16 (9.2) | 49 (17.8) | 19 (8.5) | 65 (13.0) | 35 (7.0) | 27 (5.4) | 38 (7.8) | 85 (33.9) |
| 60–89 min, n (%) | 61 (23.2) | 14 (22.2) | 16 (9.2) | 56 (20.3) | 14 (6.3) | 8 (1.6) | 20 (4.0) | 8 (1.6) | 17 (3.5) | 30 (12.0) |
| 90–120 min, n (%) | 11 (4.2) | 1 (1.6) | 6 (3.4) | 17 (6.2) | 4 (1.8) | 3 (0.6) | 7 (1.4) | 3 (0.6) | 2 (0.4) | 9 (3.6) |
| > 120 min, n (%) | 4 (1.5) | 0 (0) | 3 (1.7) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.4) | 3 (1.2) |
| Cost ($) | ||||||||||
| mean ± SD | 5.4 ± 6.5 | 5.9 ± 6.0 | 5.2 ± 4.5 | 3.6 ± 3.8 | 4.8 ± 3.1 | 5.1 ± 6.7 | 3.8 ± 6.6 | 5.0 ± 6.8 | 4.9 ± 7.0 | 0.3 ± 1.0 |
N number of women per group, n (%) number (percentage) of women in each category, SD standard deviation
aThe women participating in the study were allowed to indicate more than 1 way of transportation, the most frequent combination was “public transportation & walk”