Table 2.

Knowledge and experience of complications of pregnancy, labour and delivery

	Kaduna n = 796	Katsina n = 831
% mentioned at least two
Danger signs in pregnancy	63.7***	42.4
Danger signs in labour and delivery	71.7***	62.1
Danger signs in first two postpartum days	53.9***	34.9
% Wife experienced at least one
Pregnancy complication	52.5***	34.7
Labour complication	39.3***	32.4
First-two-days complication	44.2***	33.1
% said that antenatal care can reduce the risk of complications	94.3***	83.2
% said that women should deliver in health facility or hospital	66.3***	49.0
% said that a woman must have her husband’s permission to go to the health facility if
She is pregnant	64.6***	57.9
She thinks she is in labour	54.4	54.3
She is delivering at home and there is a problem	48.9	51.3

*** denotes significance at the p < 0.01 level