Table 3 Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers participating in FGDs
Plain VDCs | Hill VDCs | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Place of delivery | Institutional delivery (n = 12) | Home Delivery (n = 12) | Institutional delivery (n = 12) | Home Delivery (n = 14) | |
Age | |||||
Up to 19 years | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
20–29 years | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 35 |
30 and above | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Parity | |||||
1st | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
2nd or more | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
Caste / ethnicity | |||||
Disadvantaged* | 11 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 44 |
Advantaged** | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
Educational status | |||||
None or primary | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 |
Secondary or higher | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 23 |