Table 2.
Predictors of health facility delivery.
| Characteristics | Delivered in health facility | Delivered outside health facility | χ 2 | Df | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | |||||
| Christian | 209 | 195 | 0.021 | 2 | 0.990 |
| Muslim | 8 | 8 | |||
| Traditional African Religion | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 218 | 204 | |||
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| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 120 | 141 | 12.068 | 3 | 0.007 |
| Married | 83 | 59 | |||
| Divorced/separated | 8 | 3 | |||
| Cohabiting | 7 | 1 | |||
| Total | 218 | 204 | |||
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| Education | |||||
| Postsecondary | 102 | 115 | 6.326 | 2 | 0.042 |
| Secondary school | 102 | 84 | |||
| Primary school | 14 | 5 | |||
| Total | 218 | 204 | |||
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| Employment status | |||||
| Employed | 100 | 98 | 4.446 | 3 | 0.217 |
| Self-employed | 78 | 79 | |||
| Unemployed | 42 | 25 | |||
| Total | 218 | 204 | |||
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| Educational level of partner | |||||
| Postsecondary | 139 | 131 | 0.143 | 2 | 0.931 |
| Secondary school | 76 | 71 | |||
| Primary school | 3 | 2 | |||
| Total | 218 | 204 | |||
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| Occupation of partner | |||||
| Farmer | 55 | 67 | 11.539 | 3 | 0.009 |
| Daily laborer | 30 | 24 | |||
| Businessman | 47 | 21 | |||
| Civil servant | 86 | 92 | |||
| Total | 218 | 204 | |||
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| Health facility accessibility | |||||
| Health facility accessible | 211 | 197 | 0.016 | 1 | 0.899 |
| Health facility not accessible | 7 | 7 | |||
| Total | 218 | 204 | |||
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| Family size | |||||
| One–three | 141 | 127 | 11.668 | 4 | 0.020 |
| Two–four | 49 | 65 | |||
| Five–seven | 24 | 8 | |||
| Eight–eleven | 3 | 4 | |||
| More than eleven | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 218 | 204 | |||
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| ANC attendance | |||||
| Attended ANC | 194 | 184 | 0.164 | 1 | 0.686 |
| Did not attend ANC | 24 | 20 | |||
| Total | 218 | 204 | |||
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| Number of pregnancies in the last five years | |||||
| One | 76 | 60 | 1.567 | 2 | 0.457 |
| Two | 121 | 119 | |||
| Three | 21 | 24 | |||
| Total | 218 | 203 | |||
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| Age of respondents | |||||
| 15–20 years | 57 | 59 | 10.683 | 6 | 0.099 |
| 21–25 years | 47 | 45 | |||
| 26–30 years | 34 | 49 | |||
| 31–35 years | 32 | 26 | |||
| 36–40 years | 21 | 13 | |||
| 41–45 years | 19 | 9 | |||
| 46–49 years | 8 | 3 | |||
| Total | 218 | 204 | |||