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Table 6 Place of delivery according to background characteristics

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

Background characteristics

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THC/ UFWC

Total (N)

P-Value

N

%

N

%

Mother’s age at birth

     

0.000

 Young aged mother (≤25)

117

88.0

16

12.0

133

 

 Old aged mother (>25)

263

98.5

4

1.5

267

 

Birth Order

     

0.000

 1

74

85.1

13

14.9

87

 

 2

97

96.0

4

4.0

101

 

 3

117

99.2

1

0.8

118

 

 4

92

97.9

2

2.1

94

 

Type of family

     

0.001

 Nuclear family

31

83.8

6

16.2

37

 

 Extended family

349

96.1

14

3.9

363

 

Mother’s education

     

0.111

 No education

143

94.7

8

5.3

151

 

 Primary

196

96.6

7

3.4

203

 

 Secondary and more

41

89.1

5

10.9

46

 

Husband’s education

     

0.301

 No education

127

94.1

8

5.9

135

 

 Primary

211

96.3

8

3.7

219

 

 Secondary and more

42

91.3

4

8.7

46

 
  1. p-values obtained from Chi-Squire test