Table 3.

Maternity home characteristics by district and facility type

	District (Facility type)
	Mansa (CRHCs)	Chembe (CRHCs)	Samfya (CRHCs)	Samfya (MH)
	N = 10	N = 1	N = 4	N = 2
Structural Characteristics, Continuous: mean (median)
Number of rooms	1.1 (1.0)	1.0 (0.0)	1.0 (1.0)	2.5 (2.5)
Number of postpartum beds	1.1 (2.3)	2.0 (0.0)	1.0 (1.7)	14.0 (1.4)
Number of toilet facilities	1.4 (1.0)	0 (0.0)	0.33 (0.0)	2.5 (2.5)
Structural Characteristics, Categorical: n (%)
Flooring material: cement	10 (100.0)	1 (100.0)	4 (100.0)	2 (100.0)
Roofing material
Metal/iron sheets  Calamine/cement fiber	9 (90.0) 1 (10.0)	1 (100) 0 (0.0)	4 (100) 0 (0.0)	2 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
Wall material
Cement blocks  Bricks  Cement	7 (70.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (30.0)	0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0)	0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0)	0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) 1 (50.0)
Electricity source
National grid (ZESCO)  None	9 (90.0) 1 (10.0)	1 (100.0) 0 (0.0)	1 (25.0) 3 (75.0)	2 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
Electricity present at assessment visit	8 (80.0)	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (100.0)
Goods/Services available, n (%)
Mattresses	7 (70.0)	1 (100.0)	2 (50.0)	2 (100.0)
Beds	3 (30.0)	1 (100.0)	2 (50.0)	2 (100.0)
Linens	2 (20.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (100.0)
Cooking pots	3 (30.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (50.0)	0 (0.0)
Plates	3 (30.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (50.0)	0 (0.0)
Spoons	1 (10.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (100.0)
Cooking utensils	4 (40.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (50.0)	0 (0.0)
Bed nets	1 (10.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (100.0)
Telephones	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Water and Sanitation, n (%)
Main water source
Protected borehole  Piped water	9 (90.0) 1 (10.0)	0 (0.0) 1 (100.0)	2 (50.0) 1 (25.0)	0 (0.0) 2 (100.0)
Type of toilet facilities
Flush/pour flush to piped sewer system  Flush/pour flush to septic tank  Ventilated improved pit latrine  Pit latrine with slab	7 (70.0) 3 (30.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)	1 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)	0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (25.0) 1 (25.0)	0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (50.0)
Toilet facility is shared with other facilities	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (50.0)	0 (0.0)

CRHC Community Rural Health Centre, MH Mission Hospital