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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol Res. 2021 Oct 23;4(4):203–213. doi: 10.26502/ogr069

Table 3:

Delivery Characteristics by Initiation of Postpartum Contraception, 2015 – 2017.

Characteristics Total No Yes p-value
Gestational Age at Delivery n = 424 n = 53 n = 371 0.4a
<37 weeks 46 (10.9%) 4 (7.6%) 42 (11.3%)
>= 37 weeks 378 (89.1%) 49 (92.5%) 329 (88.7%)
Delivery Attendant n = 424 n = 53 n = 371 0.4a
Midwife/Nurse/Community health worker 122 (28.8%) 14 (26.4%) 108 (29.1%)
Nurse 7 (1.6%) 2 (3.8%) 5 (1.4%)
Doctor 295 (69.6%) 37 (69.8%) 258 (69.5%)
Method of Delivery n = 424 n = 53 n = 371 0.9a
Vaginal 251 (59.2%) 32 (60.4%) 219 (59.0%)
Cesarean 173 (40.8%) 21 (39.6%) 152 (41.0%)
Delivery Location n = 424 n = 53 n = 371 0.2a
Home of a Midwife/my home or home of a family member 119 (28.1%) 14 (26.4%) 105 (28.3%)
Clinic/Birth Center 63 (14.9%) 12 (22.6%) 51 (13.7%)
Hospital 242 (57.1%) 27 (50.9%) 215 (58.0%)
a:

chi2 test