Table 1.
Background characteristics of women and their husbands, household information, accessibility of health services and characteristics of ANC and delivery care (n=759)
| Characteristic | n (%) |
| Women’s characteristics | |
| Place of residence | |
| Urban | 542 (72.4) |
| Rural | 217 (28.6) |
| Age (years) | |
| 15–24 | 215 (28.3) |
| 25–34 | 376 (49.5) |
| 35–49 | 168 (22.1) |
| Occupation | |
| Housework | 539 (71) |
| Any job | 220 (29) |
| Husbands’ characteristics | |
| Education | |
| Primary school and lower | 242 (31.9) |
| More than primary school | 517 (68.1) |
| Occupation | |
| Daily wage earner | 455 (59.9) |
| Other | 304 (40.1) |
| Household characteristics | |
| Number of household members | |
| >5 | 276 (38.4) |
| 3–5 | 483 (63.6) |
| Household annual income | |
| ≤US$1275 | 83 (10.9) |
| >US$1275 | 676 (89.1) |
| Household debt | |
| No | 301 (39.7) |
| Yes | 458 (60.3) |
| Accessibility of health services | |
| Availability of health centre | |
| No | 123 (16.2) |
| Yes | 636 (83.8) |
| Walking distance (min) | |
| >30 | 76 (10) |
| ≤30 | 683 (90) |
| Type of transportation | |
| Car | 79 (10.4) |
| Motorcycle | 172 (22.7) |
| Walking | 406 (53.3) |
| Other | 102 (13.4) |
| Characteristics of ANC and delivery care | |
| Number of ANC visits | |
| 1–3 | 161 (21.2) |
| 4–6 | 262 (34.5) |
| >6 | 336 (44.3) |
| Complication during pregnancy | |
| No | 645 (85.0) |
| Yes | 114 (15.0) |
| Complication during birth | |
| No | 584 (76.9) |
| Yes | 175 (23.1) |
ANC, antenatal care.