Table 1 Characteristics of the home and facility groups

 Distance

40%

62%**

  1 = proximate, 0 = distal

(0.491)

(0.488)

 Municipality

37%**

25%

  1 = Nebaj, 0 = Cotzal/ Chajul

(0.483)

(0.437)

 Maternal Language

87%

70%**

  1 = indigenous, 0 = Spanish

(0.332)

(0.460)

 Wealth Factor Score

−0.022

0.096

  0.002; range: −.984-3.624

(0.718)

(0.764)

 Parity

21%

16%

  1= > 5 children

(0.405)

(0.369)

 Education

46%

54%*

  1 = some, 0 = none

(0.499)

(0.500)

 Age

28.8

28.1

  16-51

(7.479)

(7.691)

 Birth Type

n/a

80%

  1 = vaginal, 0 = C-section

(0.076)

(0.402)

 Willingness to recommend a facility birth to others

55%

85%**

  1 = yes

(0.498)

(0.355)

 Satisfaction with care during last delivery

92%

91%

  1 = Very good/good 0 = average to very poor

(0.278)

(0.291)

 Experienced D&A

n/a

18%

  1 = yes to at least one of the three D&A questions

(0. 383)

 Perceptions of abandonment in health facilities

10%

n/a

  1 = yes

(0.294)

 Perceptions of “unfair requests for payment” in health facilities

9%

n/a

  1 = yes

(0.280)

 Intends to deliver next child in a health facility

16%

72%**

  1 = yes

(0.369)

(0.453)