Changing trends on the place of delivery: why do Nepali women give birth at home?

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents (n=732)

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

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