Characteristics (N = 103) | N (%) |
---|---|
Why did you deliver at home? | |
Onset of labor before the expected date | 33 (32) |
Hospital is too far | 12 (12) |
Home delivery is easy & convenient | 11 (11) |
All my previous deliveries were at home | 9 (8.7) |
Worries about cost in the hospital | 8 (7.8) |
Missing | 30 (29) |
Where exactly at home did you deliver?a | |
In a room | 47 (46) |
Inside the house | 44 (43) |
Outside the house | 7 (6.9) |
On the way | 4 (3.9) |
Who assisted or attended to you during delivery?b | |
Mother-in-law | 29 (28) |
Mother | 19 (18) |
Traditional birth attendant | 18 (17) |
Neighbour | 10 (9.7) |
No attendant | 10 (9.7) |
Other family members | 6 (5.8) |
Skilled birth attendant | 5 (4.9) |
In what position did you deliver? | |
Lying down | 43 (42) |
Squatting | 29 (28) |
Kneeling | 19 (18) |
Others /Standing/Missing | 12 (12) |
What was the surface of delivery?b | |
Clean washed cloth/surface | 49 (48) |
On unwashed cloth/surface | 26 (25) |
On the ground | 22 (21) |
Health facility factors made you deliver at home?c | |
Distance | 56 (54) |
Health workers attitudes | 20 (19) |
Cost | 12 (12) |