Table 2.

Characteristics of recently delivered women living >10 km from the health facility by delivery location

Characteristics	Home delivery (n=364)		Any facility delivery (n=1,934)		En route to a facility (n=77)a		P-valueb
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age in years							<0.001
15–19	38	10.5	378	19.6	8	10.4
20–24	113	31.2	624	32.4	22	28.6
25–29	68	18.8	371	19.3	13	16.9
30–34	72	19.9	291	15.1	19	24.7
≥35	71	19.6	263	13.7	15	19.5
Education							0.007
None	74	20.3	271	14.1	16	20.8
Any primary	220	60.4	1,174	60.9	46	59.7
More than primary	70	19.2	483	25.1	15	19.5
Marital status							0.310
Never married	26	7.1	130	6.7	3	3.9
Divorced/separated/widowed	24	6.6	99	5.1	1	1.3
Married/cohabitating	314	86.3	1,701	88.1	73	94.8
Wealth index quartile							0.238
1-lowest	85	25.1	436	24.2	26	36.6
2	93	27.4	455	25.2	12	16.9
3	81	23.9	460	25.5	14	19.7
4-highest	80	23.6	454	25.2	19	26.8
Parity							<0.001
0	0	0.0	6	0.3	0	0.0
1	46	12.6	491	25.4	12	15.6
2	65	17.9	372	19.2	10	13.0
3	57	15.7	239	12.4	11	14.3
4	43	11.8	224	11.6	12	15.6
≥5	153	42.0	601	31.1	32	41.6
Primigravida							<0.001
No	325	89.3	1,477	76.4	66	85.7
Yes	39	10.7	456	23.6	11	14.3
More than four ANC visits							<0.001
No	210	57.7	732	37.9	40	52.0
Yes	154	42.3	1,199	62.1	37	48.1
Distance to facility (km)
Median (IQR)	12.7 (11.0, 16.1)		12.7 (10.8, 16.3)		12.8 (11.3, 15.3)
Distance to facility (km)							0.163
9.5–9.9	39	10.7	243	12.6	6	7.8
10–14.9	217	59.6	1,045	54.2	51	66.2
15–19.9	67	18.4	347	18.0	8	10.4
20–24.9	20	5.5	107	5.6	7	9.1
≥25	21	5.8	186	9.7	5	6.5
Used MWH awaiting delivery							<0.001
No	350	96.4	1,204	64.4	76	98.7
Yes	13	3.6	687	35.7	1	1.3
Intended delivery location							<0.001
Home	13	3.6	7	0.4	1	1.3
Health facility	351	96.4	1,922	99.6	76	98.7
Questions only answered by women who reported delivering at a facility
Mode of transport
Walking	–	–	433	22.4	0	–
Bicycle	–	–	591	30.6	0	–
Animal cart/wheelbarrow	–	–	153	7.9	0	–
Car/taxi/bus	–	–	615	32.4	0	–
Motorcycle	–	–	103	5.3	0	–
Ambulance	–	–	24	1.2	0	–
Travel time (hours)
Median (IQR)	–	–	1.4 (0.8, 2.0)		0	–
Travel time (hours)
<1	–	–	490	25.6	0	–
1–2.9	–	–	987	51.5	0	–
3–4.9	–	–	335	17.5	0	–
≥5	–	–	105	5.5	0	–

Notes:

^aLess than 1% had missing information on delivery location.

^bP-values were calculated using a chi-squared test of association.

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; MWH, maternity waiting home.