Table 3 Percent Distribution of women who are having deliveries at home by their background characteristics
Characteristics | Place of delivery % | P-Value | N (5677) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Health Facility | Home | |||
Residence | ||||
Urban | 59.1 | 40.9 | 0.000 | 1715 |
Rural | 27.5 | 72.5 | 3962 | |
Province | 0.000 | |||
Punjab | 36.4 | 63.6 | 3182 | |
Sindh | 44.9 | 55.1 | 1405 | |
KP | 31.8 | 68.2 | 827 | |
Baluchistan | 18.6 | 81.4 | 264 | |
Economic status | 0.000 | |||
Poor | 18.2 | 81.8 | 2483 | |
Middle | 32.8 | 67.2 | 1099 | |
Rich | 61.5 | 38.5 | 2095 | |
Education level of woman | 0.000 | |||
No education | 24.6 | 75.4 | 3668 | |
Primary to middle | 47.7 | 52.3 | 1207 | |
Above middle | 77.4 | 22.6 | 801 | |
Education level of husband | 0.000 | |||
No education | 22.7 | 77.3 | 2007 | |
Primary to middle | 34.8 | 65.2 | 1692 | |
Above middle | 53.6 | 46.4 | 1959 | |
Woman occupation | 0.000 | |||
Not working | 40.5 | 59.5 | 4026 | |
Agriculture | 18.5 | 81.5 | 728 | |
Sales | 38.4 | 61.6 | 734 | |
Others | 28.0 | 72.0 | 189 | |
Age | 0.000 | |||
15-24 | 38.8 | 61.2 | 1334 | |
25-34 | 39.5 | 60.5 | 2952 | |
35-49 | 30.1 | 69.9 | 1390 | |
Birth order | 0.000 | |||
Less than 3 | 48.3 | 51.7 | 2000 | |
3 – 4 | 38.0 | 62.0 | 1648 | |
5 and above | 25.1 | 74.9 | 2029 | |
Discussed with husband about place of delivery | 0.000 | |||
Not discussed | 22.5 | 77.5 | 3148 | |
Discussed | 55.1 | 44.9 | 2529 | |
Total (%) | 37.0 | 63.0 | ||