Maternal health care seeking behavior: the case of Haor (wetland) in Bangladesh

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Background characteristics of participants who received ANC by different type of provider

Background characteristics	Medically trained providers				Non-trained provider		Total (N)	p- values
	MBBS doctor		Nurse/paramedic		Non-trained provider
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Mother’s age at birth
Young aged mother (≤25 years)	23	34.8	29	43.9	14	21.2	66	0.022
Old aged mother (>25 years)	17	21.8	28	35.9	33	42.3	78
Birth order
1	21	43.8	18	37.5	9	18.8	48
2	6	16.7	18	50.0	12	33.3	36	0.038
3	9	22.0	15	36.6	17	41.5	41
4	4	21.1	6	31.6	9	47.4	19
Type of family
Nuclear family	4	30.8	7	53.8	2	15.4	13
Extended family	36	27.5	50	38.2	45	34.4	131	0.353
Mother’s education
No education	5	13.2	17	44.7	16	42.1	38
Primary	17	23.9	29	40.8	25	35.2	71	0.005
Secondary and more	18	51.4	11	31.4	6	24.3	35
Husband’s education
No education	6	18.8	10	31.3	16	50.0	32
Primary	23	28.4	33	40.7	25	30.9	81	0.128
Secondary and more	11	35.5	14	45.2	6	19.4	31

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