Table 1.

Characteristics of women between 15 and 49 years with a live birth in the last 12 months, overall and by facility and home births.

Variable	All births (n = 297)		Facility birth (n = 89)		Home birth (n = 208)		p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
District
Nauta	186	63	43	48	143	69	0.066
Parinari	61	21	25	28	36	17
Saquena	50	17	21	24	29	14
Age
15–19	50	17	14	16	36	17	0.556
20–34	184	62	59	66	125	60
35–49	63	21	16	18	47	23
Highest educationa
No education/primary education	157	53	39	44	118	57	0.063
Secondary/higher education	138	47	49	56	89	43
Household incomeb
<S/150 extreme poverty	153	52	44	50	109	53	0.039
S/151–250 poverty	84	29	19	22	65	31
>S/250 above poverty line	58	20	25	28	33	16
Ethnicity
Kokama/Kokamilla	135	47	35	41	100	50	0.207
Mixed-race	120	42	42	49	78	39
Other/None	32	11	8	9	24	12
Birth order
1	42	14	15	17	27	13	0.147
2–4	146	49	49	55	97	47
≥5	109	37	25	28	84	40
Distance to nearest health centre
≤0–10 km	106	36	43	48	63	30	0.052
11–22 km	93	31	23	26	70	34
23–51 km	98	33	23	26	75	36
Antenatal care contactsc
0	25	9	3	3	22	11	0.180
1–5	100	34	30	34	70	34
6–7	94	32	33	37	61	30
≥8	77	26	23	26	54	26
Type of facility for birth
Hospital	17	8	17	19	–	–	–
Health centre	40	14	40	45	–	–
Health post	32	11	32	36	–	–
Type of birth attendant
Skilled birth attendant	130	44	88	99	15	7	<0.001
Traditional birth attendant	103	35	1	1	129	62
Family member/other lay persons	64	21	0	0	64	31
Persons present during birthd
Traditional birth attendant	149	50	3	3	146	70	<0.001
Health staff	101	34	83	93	18	9	<0.001
Husband/Partner	163	55	31	35	132	64	<0.001
Godparent	26	9	2	2	24	12	0.015
Other family member	159	54	30	34	129	62	<0.001

^aTwo (n = 2) women who responded with “don't know”. Two (n = 2) women had no primary education.

^bTwo (n = 2) women who responded with “don't know”. Currency is Peruvian Soles (PEN, S/), at the time of write-up 1 PEN was 0.27 USD, with categories translating to <41 USD extreme poverty, 41–68 USD poverty, and >68 USD above poverty line.

^c1 missing values.

^dMultiple answers possible.