From: Changing trends on the place of delivery: why do Nepali women give birth at home?
Socio-demographic variables | Category | Number | % | M ±SD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age | < 19 | 8 | 1.1 | 32.69±7.64 |
20-29 | 272 | 37.2 | Â | |
>30 | 452 | 61.6 | Â | |
Residence | Remote Area | 97 | 13.3 | Â |
Rural Area | 281 | 38.4 | Â | |
Urban Area | 354 | 48.4 | Â | |
Education | Illiterate | 369 | 50.4 | Â |
Primary-Secondary | 174 | 23.8 | Â | |
Higher secondary+ | 189 | 25.8 | Â | |
Occupation | House wife | 611 | 83.5 | Â |
Farming | 22 | 3.0 | Â | |
Business/Service and Other | 99 | 13.5 | Â | |
Marital Status | Married | 692 | 94.5 | Â |
Widowed | 25 | 3.4 | Â | |
Polygamy (Co-wife) | 15 | 2.0 | Â | |
Religion | Hindu | 566 | 77.3 | Â |
Baudha | 153 | 20.9 | Â | |
Christian | 13 | 1.8 | Â | |
Ethnicity | Tamang/Danuwar and Others | 213 | 29.1 | Â |
Newar | 294 | 40.2 | Â | |
Bramhan/Chhetri | 225 | 30.7 | Â | |
Types of family | Nuclear | 440 | 60.1 | Â |
Joint | 292 | 39.9 | Â | |
Smoking Habit | Currently Yes | 80 | 10.9 | Â |
Never Smoked | 652 | 89.1 | Â | |
Alcohol drinking Habit | Currently Yes | 228 | 31.1 | Â |
Never Drunk | 504 | 68.9 | Â | |
Husband Education | Illiterate | 127 | 17.3 | Â |
Primary-Secondary | 262 | 35.8 | Â | |
Higher secondary+ | 343 | 46.9 | Â | |
Number of Pregnancy | 1-3 | 559 | 76.43 | 2.78±1.68 |
4-6 | 144 | 19.7 | Â | |
>7 | 29 | 4.0 | Â | |
Age at First Pregnancy | <19 | 344 | 47.0 | 20.01±3.07 |
20-29 | 381 | 52.0 | Â | |
>30 | 7 | 1.0 | Â | |
Delivery Period of Last Children | > 10 year | 226 | 31.1 | Â |
5-10 year | 144 | 19.7 | Â | |
<5 year | 362 | 49.1 | Â | |
Total | Â | 732 | 100 | Â |