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. 2019 Mar-Apr;60(2):68–75. doi: 10.4103/nmj.NMJ_14_19

Table 8b.

Socioeconomics factors influencing respondents’ choice of place of previous delivery

Place of previous delivery (n=314)
Test statistic (χ2) P
In the health facility (%) Outside the health facility (%) Total (%)
Respondent’s level of education
 None 7 (38.9) 11 (61.1) 18 (100.0) 23.289 <0.001*
 Vocational training 7 (58.3) 5 (41.7) 12 (100.0)
 Primary 15 (48.4) 16 (51.6) 31 (100.0)
 Secondary 114 (68.9) 49 (30.1) 163 (100.0)
 Tertiary 75 (83.3) 15 (16.7) 90 (100.0)
Respondent’s occupation
 House wife 163 (69.4) 72 (30.6) 235 (100.0) 6.915a 0.546
 Farmer 2 (50.0) 2 (50.0) 4 (100.0)
 Trader 18 (62.1) 11 (37.9) 29 (100.0)
 Seamstress 4 (66.7) 2 (33.3) 6 (100.0)
 Hair dresser 4 (66.7) 2 (33.3) 6 (100.0)
 Civil servant 19 (82.6) 4 (17.4) 23 (100.0)
 Retired 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 1 (100.0)
 Self-employed 7 (77.8) 2 (22.2) 9 (100.0)
 Caterer 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0)
Spouse’s level of education
 None 6 (40.0) 9 (60.0) 15 (100.0) 30.374 <0.001*
 Vocational training 16 (76.2) 5 (23.8) 21 (100.0)
 Primary 6 (54.5) 5 (45.5) 11 (100.0)
 Secondary 56 (54.4) 47 (45.6) 103 (100.0)
 Tertiary 134 (81.7) 30 (18.3) 164 (100.0)
Spouse’s occupation#
 Not currently working 6 (60.0) 4 (40.0) 10 (100.0) 21.078 <0.001*
 Informal sector 104 (59.4) 71 (40.6) 175 (100.0)
 Formal sector 108 (83.7) 21 (16.3) 129 (100.0)

*Statistically significant; aLikelihood ratio; FET; #Not working - Unemployed, retired; Informal sector workers - Farmer, trader, artisans, transporter, self-employed, mechanic, professionals, spiritual leader; Formal sector worker - Civil servants, teachers. FET - Fischers exact test