Research Article
Women’s Satisfaction of Maternity Care in Nepal and Its Correlation with Intended Future Utilization
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics and geographical/accessibility factors of maternity clients (
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| Variables | | % |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | | | Age (years) | | | <20 | 109 | 24.38 | 20–29 | 300 | 67.11 | ≥30 | 38 | 8.50 | Parity | | | Primigravida | 263 | 58.84 | Multigravida | 184 | 41.16 | Education status | | | Never attended school | 92 | 20.58 | Primary education | 57 | 12.75 | Secondary education | 204 | 45.64 | Further education | 94 | 21.03 | Caste/ethnicity | | | Brahmin/Chhetri | 164 | 36.69 | Terai/Madhesi other castes | 91 | 20.36 | Dalits | 68 | 15.21 | Newar | 15 | 3.36 | Janajati | 96 | 21.48 | Muslim | 13 | 2.91 | Geographic/assessable factors | | | Ecological zone | | | Mountain | 38 | 8.50 | Hill | 136 | 30.43 | Terai | 273 | 61.07 | Place of residence | | | Urban | 346 | 77.40 | Rural | 101 | 22.60 | Reaching time (minutes) | | | <30 | 167 | 37.36 | 30–59 | 160 | 35.79 | ≥60 | 120 | 26.85 |
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