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Table 2 Characteristics of pre-intervention pregnant women/mothers and post-intervention mothers

From: Knowledge, attitude and practices: assessing maternal and child health care handbook intervention in Vietnam

 

Pre-intervention in 2011a

Post-intervention in 2013b

Pregnant womenc (N = 800)

Mothers of children <3 years of aged (N = 800)

Dien Bien (n = 200)

Hoa Binh (n = 200)

Thanh Hoa (n = 210)

An Giang (n = 200)

Total (N = 810)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Age

 15-34 years of age

735

(92 %)

628

(78 %)

185

(93 %)

190

(95 %)

177

(84 %)

178

(89 %)

730

(90 %)

  > 34 years of age

65

(8 %)

172

(22 %)

15

(8 %)

10

(5 %)

33

(16 %)

22

(11 %)

80

(10 %)

Ethnicity

 Kinh

475

(59 %)

500

(63 %)

61

(31 %)

39

(20 %)

201

(96 %)

200

(100 %)

501

(61.9 %)

 Ethnic minority

325

(41 %)

300

(37 %)

139

(70 %)

161

(81 %)

9

(4 %)

0

(0 %)

309

(38.1 %)

Vietnamese-speaking ability

 Fluent

760

(95 %)

765

(96 %)

190

(95 %)

198

(99 %)

210

(100 %)

200

(100 %)

798

(99 %)

 Not fluent/unable to speak

40

(5 %)

35

(4 %)

10

(5 %)

2

(1 %)

0

(0 %)

0

(0 %)

12

(1 %)

Education

 No school education

59

(7 %)

25

(3 %)

14

(7 %)

1

(1 %)

0

(0 %)

4

(2 %)

19

(2 %)

 Primary school

144

(18 %)

134

(17 %)

32

(16 %)

12

(6 %)

3

(1 %)

42

(21 %)

89

(11 %)

 Secondary school

322

(40 %)

297

(37 %)

58

(29 %)

65

(33 %)

57

(27 %)

80

(40 %)

260

(32 %)

 High school

174

(22 %)

254

(32 %)

65

(33 %)

91

(46 %)

84

(40 %)

52

(26 %)

292

(36 %)

 Vocational school or higher

101

(13 %)

90

(11 %)

31

(16 %)

31

(16 %)

65

(31 %)

22

(11 %)

149

(18 %)

Economic status

 Non-poor

619

(77 %)

684

(86 %)

170

(85 %)

71

(71 %)

89

(89 %)

183

(92 %)

513

(86 %)

 Poor/near-poor

181

(23 %)

116

(14 %)

30

(15 %)

29

(29 %)

11

(11 %)

17

(9 %)

87

(15 %)

  1. [Remarks]
  2. aPre-intervention baseline data had been collected also in Dien, Bien, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa and An Giang provinces in 2011, prior to the launching MCH Handbook intervention [14]
  3. bMothers of children who were born between January 2012 and January 2013 [as of July-August 2013 after MCH Handbook intervention]
  4. cPregnant women whose expected dates of delivery were between January and December 2012, for comparison with post-intervention mothers on antenatal care visits
  5. dMothers of children <3 years of age as of 2011, for comparison with post-intervention mothers on breastfeeding practices
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