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Table 2 Characteristics of women who gave birth in 2009, by exposure to the voucher intervention

From: Impact of a maternal health voucher scheme on institutional delivery among low income women in Pakistan

 

Women not contacted by workers

(no exposure)

(n = 573)

(1)

Women not sold voucher booklet

(n = 69)

(2)

Women sold voucher booklet

(n = 100)

(3)

p-value for chi-square test

Maternal Factors

    

Mother's Age

    

   < 24

35.6

26.1

28.0

NS

   25-29

35.1

47.8

33.0

 

   30-34

19.4

17.4

29.0

 

   > 34

9.9

8.7

10.0

 

Parity/Living children

    

   1

24.6

23.2

14.0

< 0.01

   2

22.5

21.7

20.0

 

   3

19.5

20.3

13.0

 

   4

14.8

11.6

15.0

 

   5 or more

18.5

23.2

38.0

 

Mother's Education

    

   None

30.9

29.0

34.0

< 0.01

   Any primary

13.3

18.8

28.0

 

   Middle

15.2

8.7

14.0

 

   Secondary

19.0

17.4

15.0

 

   Matriculate or higher

21.6

26.1

9.0

 

Household Factors

    

Mother's Autonomy

    

   Low

30.2

30.4

30.0

NS

   Medium

43.8

55.1

48.0

 

   High

26.0

14.5

22.0

 

Wealth quintiles

    

   Fifth/poorest

17.3

21.7

30.0

< 0.05

   Fourth

20.1

17.4

24.0

 

   Third

19.0

14.5

21.0

 

   Second

19.0

18.8

16.0

 

   First/least poor

24.6

27.5

9.0

 

Program Factors Unrelated to the Scheme

    

Travel time to nearest health facility

    

   More than five minutes

66.0

65.2

70.0

NS

   Five minutes or less

34.0

34.8

30.0

 

Mass Media Exposure

    

   Do not watch television daily

33.7

31.9

39.0

NS

   Watch television daily

66.3

68.1

61.0

 

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

 
  1. NS = not significant