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Table 1 Characteristics of respondents (N = 58)

From: What makes or mars the facility-based childbirth experience: thematic analysis of women’s childbirth experiences in western Kenya

Variable

N

%

Age: mean (SD)

58

26(6.6)

Parity: mean (SD)

58

4(2.0)

Marital status

  

 Single

6

10.3

 Married

51

87.9

 Widowed

1

1.7

Delivery place

  

 Government Hospital

27

46.6

 Government Health Center

23

39.7

 Mission/Private Facility

5

8.5

 Other

3

5.2

Previous facility delivery

47

90.4

Education

  

 None

1

1.7

 Primary

45

77.6

 Secondary/Vocational

10

17.2

 College

2

3.4

Occupation

  

 Agricultural labor

23

39.7

 Salaried worker

4

6.9

 Self-employed

5

8.6

 Other

4

6.9

 Unemployed

22

37.9

Religion

  

 Catholic

12

20.7

 Protestant/Pentecostal

22

37.9

 Seventh Day Adventist

14

24.1

 Other Christian

7

12.1

 Other religion

3

5.2

Tribe

  

 Luo (County’s dominant tribe)

38

65.5

 Kuria

12

20.7

 Other

8

13.7