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Table 6 Care seeking among case and control women postdelivery1

From: The economic burden of maternal mortality on households: evidence from three sub-counties in rural western Kenya

 

Cases

Control

p-values

Total number of women with delivery information

44

86

 

% who sought care post delivery

61.4%

18.6%

0.000*

Total number of visits for care after delivery

45

22

 

Average number of visits for care after delivery 2

1.73

1.38

0.269

Where sought care (%) 3

   

Government/mission hospital/health center or clinic

85.2

93.8

0.365

Private hospital/clinic

18.5

6.25

0.220

Religious leader

3.7

0

0.327

  1. 1. (*) significance at 1%; (**) significance at 5%; (***) significance at 10%.
  2. 2. Average number of visits for care is calculated for women who sought care only – not the full sample. Of the 33 cases, we know the number of visits for 30 – those 30 made a total of visits and the 50 controls made a total of 97 visits
  3. 3. Women might have sought help in more than one type of service