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