Table 4.
Respondent’s past obstetrics history
| Frequency (%) | |
|---|---|
| Number of living children | |
| 1-5 | 259 (82.5) |
| 6-11 | 55 (17.5) |
| Number of children dead | |
| None | 250 (79.6) |
| ≤1 | 46 (14.6) |
| 2-4 | 18 (5.8) |
| Cause of death (n=64) | |
| Unknown | 32 (50.0) |
| Sickness | 28 (43.8) |
| Accident | 4 (6.3) |
| Occurrence of death (n=64) | |
| During pregnancy | 15 (23.4) |
| During labour | 7 (11.0) |
| During delivery | 6 (9.4) |
| 40 days postpartum | 10 (15.6) |
| Others | 26 (40.6) |
| Place of previous delivery (n=314) | |
| Farm | 2 (0.6) |
| Home | 89 (28.4) |
| Church | 1 (0.3) |
| TBA | 1 (0.3) |
| On the way to the health facility | 3 (1.0) |
| Health facility | 218 (69.4) |
| Place of delivery if health facility (n=218) | |
| Maternity home | 11 (5.0) |
| PHC center | 11 (5.0) |
| General hospital | 143 (65.6) |
| Teaching hospital | 22 (10.1) |
| Private clinic | 31 (14.3) |
| Delivery personnel (delivery outside the health facility) (n=96) | |
| TBA | 26 (27.1) |
| Spiritual leader | 2 (2.1) |
| Health assistant | 4 (4.2) |
| Nurse/midwife | 37 (38.5) |
| Herbalist | 4 (4.2) |
| Neighbor | 14 (14.5) |
| Mother | 5 (5.2) |
| Husband | 4 (4.2) |
| Amount spent | |
| Can’t remember/nothing spent | 35 (11.1) |
| <1000 naira | 20 (6.4) |
| 1000-9999 naira | 145 (46.2) |
| 10,000-20,000 naira | 61 (19.4) |
| >20,000 | 39 (12.4) |
| Attended ANC | |
| Yes | 302 (96.2) |
| No | 12 (3.8) |
| Frequency of ANC attendance (n=302) | |
| Once | 18 (6.0) |
| 2-3 times | 68 (22.5) |
| ≥4 times | 216 (71.5) |
TBA - Traditional birth attendant; ANC - Antenatal care; PHC - Primary health care