Table 9.
Other factors influencing respondents’ choice of place of delivery
| Place of previous delivery (n=314) |
Test statistic (χ2) | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In the health facility (%) | Outside the health facility (%) | Total (%) | |||
| Human influence | |||||
| Husband | 104 (77.0) | 31 (23.0) | 135 (100.0) | 10.943 | 0.025* |
| Mother | 18 (58.1) | 13 (41.9) | 31 (100.0) | ||
| Mother-in-law | 7 (70.0) | 3 (30.0) | 10 (100.0) | ||
| Other relatives | 11 (57.9) | 8 (42.1) | 19 (100.0) | ||
| Friend | 4 (40.0) | 6 (60.0) | 10 (100.0) | ||
| Transportation costs | |||||
| Yes | 11 (37.9) | 18 (62.1) | 29 (100.0) | 14.932 | 0.001* |
| No | 207 (72.6) | 78 (27.4) | 285 (100.0) | ||
| Available transportation | |||||
| Yes | 6 (42.9) | 8 (57.1) | 14 (100.0) | 4.873 | 0.037* |
| No | 212 (70.7) | 88 (29.3) | 300 (100.0) | ||
| Labour onset at night | |||||
| Yes | 22 (51.2) | 21 (48.8) | 43 (100.0) | 7.830 | 0.007* |
| No | 196 (72.3) | 75 (27.7) | 271 (100.0) | ||
| Unfriendly staff | |||||
| Yes | 10 (47.6) | 11 (52.4) | 21 (100.0) | 5.042 | 0.030* |
| No | 208 (71.0) | 85 (29.0) | 293 (100.0) | ||
| Lack of confidence in health worker | |||||
| Yes | 7 (43.7) | 9 (56.3) | 16 (100.0) | 5.237 | 0.028* |
| No | 211 (70.8) | 87 (29.2) | 298 (100.0) | ||
| Absence of doctors | |||||
| Yes | 7 (43.7) | 9 (56.3) | 16 (100.0) | 5.237 | 0.028* |
| No | 211 (70.8) | 87 (29.2) | 298 (100.0) | ||
| Place of previous delivery (n=314) |
Test statistic (χ2) | P | |||
| In the hospital (%) | Outside the hospital (%) | Total (%) | |||
| Distance between house and health facility (km) | |||||
| <5 | 99 (74.4) | 34 (25.6) | 133 (100.0) | 2.728 | 0.108 |
| >5 | 119 (65.7) | 62 (34.3) | 181 (100.0) | ||
| Total cost of each visit to the health facility (naira) | |||||
| <500 | 140 (67.3) | 68 (32.7) | 208 (100.0) | 8.910 | 0.012* |
| 500-1000 | 66 (77.6) | 19 (22.4) | 85 (100.0) | ||
| >1000 | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) | 13 (100.0) | ||
*P<0.05 is statistically significant