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