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Table 1 Women’s socio-demographic characteristics and their perceptions regarding the closest health facility to their residence: Malawi, 2012

From: Is quality of care a key predictor of perinatal health care utilization and patient satisfaction in Malawi?

Characteristics

N = 1301

Women’s socio-demographic

Age (median (range); years)

25 (15–48)

Parity (%)

 1

26.4

 2

21.1

 3–4

33.4

  ≥ 5

19.1

Religion (%)

 Catholic

23.5

 Presbyterian

13.1

 Other Christian

58.8

 Other

4.6

Ngoni ethnicity (%)

 Yes

88.7

 No

11.3

Marital status (%)

 Married/living together

88.7

 Unmarried/divorced/widowed

11.3

Education (median (range); years)

4 (0–8)

Reading level (%)

 Cannot read simple sentence

29.5

 Reads part of sentence

12.1

 Reads the entire sentence

58.4

Household wealth (quintiles; %)

 1st (poorest)

13.1

 2nd

26.1

 3rd

19.9

 4th

18.5

 5th (richest)

22.4

  1. Notes: All data are weighted
  2. FP/RH family planning/reproductive health