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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and receiving maternal health education at home by place of delivery among women in internally displaced person’s camps in 2009, Darfur, Sudan

From: The influence of maternal health education on the place of delivery in conflict settings of Darfur, Sudan

Basic characteristics

All women (N = 640)

P value

Place of delivery

 

Home-based delivery N = 236; 36.9 % (95 % CI: 33.1, 40.8)

Facility-based delivery N = 404; 63.1 % (95 % CI: 59.2, 66.9)

 

n

% (95 % CI)

 

n

% (95 % CI)

n

% (95 % CI)

Socio-demographic characteristics

Age

        
 

<20 years old

123

19.2 (16.6, 22.2)

.060

50

21.2 (16.0, 26.4)

73

18.1 (14.3, 21.8)

 

20-30 years old

225

35.2 (31.4, 38.7)

 

82

34.7 (28.6, 40.8)

143

35.4 (30.7, 40.1)

 

31-40 years old

253

39.5 (35.8, 43.1)

 

83

35.2 (29.1, 41.3)

170

42.1 (37.3, 46.9)

 

>40 years old

39

6.1 (4.2, 7.8)

 

21

8.9 (5.3, 12.5)

18

4.5 (2.4, 6.5)

Education

 

No formal education/none

378

59.1 (55.5, 62.7)

<.001

174

73.7 (68.1, 79.4)

204

50.5 (45.6, 55.4)

 

Basic school

201

31.4 (28.0, 34.8)

 

57

24.2 (18.7, 29.6)

144

35.6 (31.0, 40.3)

 

≥ Secondary

61

9.5 (7.3, 11.9)

 

5

2.1 (0.3, 4.0)

56

13.9 (10.5, 17.2)

Currently employed

 

Yes

429

67.0 (63.3, 70.5)

.076

148

62.7 (56.5, 68.9)

281

69.6 (65.1, 74.1)

 

No

211

33.0 (29.5, 36.7)

 

88

37.3 (31.1, 43.5)

123

30.4 (25.9, 34.9)

Current camp of residence

 

Krending

160

25.0 (21.9, 28.6)

<.001

84

35.6 (29.5, 41.7)

76

18.8 (15.0, 22.6)

 

Krenik

300

46.9 (43.1, 50.8)

 

88

37.3 (31.1, 43.5)

212

52.5 (47.6, 57.4)

 

Habillah

180

28.1 (24.8, 31.6)

 

64

27.1 (21.4, 32.8)

116

28.7 (24.3, 33.1)

Received maternal health education at home

 

Yes

555

86.7 (84.2, 89.4)

.005

193

81.8 (76.8, 86.7)

362

89.6 (86.6, 92.6)

 

No

85

13.3 (10.6, 15.8)

 

43

18.2 (13.3, 23.2)

42

10.4 (7.4, 13.4)

  1. P value from x2 for categorical variables