Table 2.
Mother and Father Independent Variable Frequencies
| Mother Independent Variables | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Category | Number/Mean | Percent/SD |
| Received Antenatal Care | 4088 | 82.47% | |
| Number of children | 3.38 | 2.23 | |
| Father Help at Home During Pregnancy | |||
| Rarely or never | 1676 | 35.64% | |
| Neither frequently nor infrequently | 539 | 11.46% | |
| Frequently | 2487 | 52.89% | |
| Get money from own employment | 2175 | 43.53% | |
| Decision Making at Home | |||
| Father Alone | 1536 | 30.75% | |
| Mother alone makes decisions | 1821 | 36.46% | |
| Mother and father jointly make decisions | 1502 | 30.07% | |
| Someone else makes the decisions | 136 | 2.72% | |
| Last watched TV | |||
| Never | 342 | 6.93% | |
| More than a month ago | 2212 | 44.85% | |
| In the last month | 715 | 14.50% | |
| In the last 7 days | 779 | 15.79% | |
| Yesterday | 567 | 11.50% | |
| Today | 317 | 6.43% | |
| Last Listened to radio | |||
| Never | 101 | 2.05% | |
| More than a month ago | 1521 | 30.85% | |
| In the last month | 675 | 13.69% | |
| In the last 7 days | 897 | 18.19% | |
| Yesterday | 880 | 17.85% | |
| Today | 856 | 17.36% | |
| Owns a cellphone | 2482 | 49.68% | |
| Father Independent Variables | |||
| Variable | Category | Number | Percent |
| Get money from own employment | 3028 | 98.25% | |
| Last listened to radio | |||
| Never | 835 | 27.18% | |
| More than a month ago | 27 | 0.88% | |
| In the last month | 437 | 14.23% | |
| In the last 7 days | 358 | 11.65% | |
| Yesterday | 708 | 23.05% | |
| Today | 707 | 23.01% | |
| Last watched TV | |||
| Never | 65 | 2.12% | |
| More than a month ago | 752 | 24.52% | |
| In the last month | 510 | 16.63% | |
| In the last 7 days | 878 | 28.63% | |
| Yesterday | 661 | 21.55% | |
| Today | 201 | 6.55% | |
| Owns a cellphone | 2417 | 78.42% | |