Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study participants
Variable | n (weighted %) |
|---|---|
Sociodemographic factors | |
Age (years) | 28.31 ± 6.52* |
15–19 | 785 (6.6) |
20–34 | 8825(74.4) |
35–49 | 2253 (19) |
Residence | |
Urban | 4574 (38.6) |
Rural | 7289 (61.4) |
Region/Province | |
Coast | 1107 (9.3) |
Northeastern | 406 (3.4) |
Eastern | 1336 (11.3) |
Central | 1380 (11.6) |
Rift Valley | 3605 (30.4) |
Western | 1253 (10.6) |
Nyanza | 1406 (11.8) |
Nairobi | 1371 (11.6) |
Education | |
None/primary | 5311 (44.8) |
Secondary | 4231 (35.7) |
Tertiary | 2321 (19.5) |
Religion | |
Christians | 10,220 (88.5) |
Muslims | 1120 (9.7) |
Others | 209 (1.8) |
Marital status | |
Single | 1298(11) |
Married | 9519 (80.2) |
Divorced/widowed/separated | 1046 (8.8) |
Working status/occupation | |
Working | 6791 (57.3) |
Not working | 5063 (42.7) |
Wealth index | |
Poorest | 2523 (21.3) |
Poorer | 2062 (17.4) |
Middle | 2074 (17.5) |
Richer | 2510 (21.2) |
Richest | 2695 (22.7) |
Sex of Household head | |
Male | 8483 (71.5) |
Female | 3380 (28.5) |
Household number | |
≤ 4 | 2493 (21) |
≥ 5 | 9370 (79) |
Health status | |
Bad | 263 (2.2) |
Moderate | 2073 (17.5) |
Good | 9527 (80.3) |
Health seeking decision making | |
Self | 3618 (38.1) |
Partner | 1590 (16.7) |
Joint | 4279 (44.9) |
Others | 32 (0.3) |
Newspaper | |
Yes | 2037 (17.2) |
No | 9826 (82.8) |
TV | |
No | 7303 (61.6) |
Yes | 4561 (38.4) |
Radio | |
Yes | 8809 (74.3) |
No | 3055 (25.7) |
Internet use | |
Yes | 5684 (47.9) |
No | 6179 (52.1) |
Telephone | |
Yes | 9626 (81.1) |
No | 2237 (18.9) |
Obstetric, and maternal health services-related factors | |
Gravidity | |
Primigravida | 3392 (28.6) |
Multi-gravida | 6363 (53.6) |
Grand- multi-gravida | 2108 (17.8) |
Children ever born | |
≤ 2 | 6395 (53.9) |
3–4 | 3360 (28.3) |
≥ 5 | 2108 (17.8) |
Number of living children | |
≤ 2 | 6395 (53.9) |
3–4 | 3360 (28.3) |
≥ 5 | 2108 (17.8) |
ANC Visits | |
≤ 3 | 3157 (32.8) |
≥ 4 | 6472 (67.2) |
Receiving quality ANC | |
Yes | 5877 (61.2) |
No | 3728 (38.8) |
Age at first birth (years) | |
≤ 19 | 5503 (47.3) |
20–24 | 4630 (39.8) |
25–29 | 1215 (10.4) |
30–34 | 229 (2.0) |
≥ 35 | 57 (0.5) |
Preceding pregnancy interval | |
≤ 24 Months | 2111 (24.6) |
≥ 25 Months | 6475 (75.4) |
Pregnancy wanted | |
Yes | 10,823 (91.2) |
No | 1041 (8.8) |
Mode of last delivery | |
Cesarean section | 1867 (17.1) |
Vaginal | 9043 (82.9) |
Pregnancy outcome | |
Born alive | 10,452 (88.1) |
Born dead | 176 (1.5) |
Miscarriage | 1162 (9.8) |
Abortion | 73 (0.6) |
Current Age of the Child | |
0–11 months | 3573 (35.3) |
1 year | 3324 (32.8) |
2 years | 3230 (31.9) |
Pregnancy losses | |
≥ 1 | 2723 (23.0) |
None | 9140 (77.0) |
Health facility factors | |
Type of delivery assistant | |
Doctor | 6506 (62.2) |
Nurse/midwife/clinical officer | 2954 (28.3) |
Others | 996 (9.5) |
The specific place of delivery | |
Home | 1246 (11.7) |
Public health facility | 6927 (65.2) |
Private health facility | 1796 (16.9) |
NGO | 31 (0.3) |
FBO | 574 (5.4) |
Other facilities | 55 (0.5) |
Time to health facility (minutes) | |
≤ 30 | 4515 (73.1) |
31–60 | 1168 (18.9) |
≥ 61 | 496 (8) |
Treated with respect at health facility | |
All the time | 3833 (87.3) |
Sometimes | 411 (9.4) |
Not at all | 145 (3.3) |