The Role of Demand Factors in Utilization of Professional Care during Childbirth: Perspectives from Yemen
Table 3
Preferred location of a future childbirth (same/different) among women in the study population by selected factors (n: 215, five women stated that they would not be pregnant again).
Same location (%)
Different location (%)
Totals (%)
Social and demographic factors
Women’s age
<25 years
52 (87)
8 (13)
60 (100.0)
25–35 years
97 (87)
15 (13)
112 (100.0)
>35 years
37 (86)
6 (14)
43 (100.0)
P value
Place of residence
Urban
95 (87)
14 (13)
109 (100)
Rural
91 (86)
15 (14)
106 (100)
P value
Number of dependents
2–5
39 (85)
7 (15)
46 (100)
6–9
56 (89)
7 (11)
63 (100)
10–13
55 (83)
11 (17)
66 (100)
>14
36 (90)
4 (10)
40 (100)
P value
Dead children
Yes
63 (88)
9 (12)
72 (100)
No
123 (86)
20 (14)
143 (100)
P value
Antenatal care
Yes
129 (87)
20 (13)
149 (100)
No
57 (86)
9 (14)
66 (100)
P value
Distance by walking to location of childbirth
None (home birth)
140 (93)
10 (7)
150 (100)
< half an hour
16 (84)
3 (16)
19 (100)
half an hour–one hour
5 (71)
2 (29)
7 (100)
one hour–two hours
0 (0)
1 (100)
1 (100)
>two hours
25 (66)
13 (34)
38 (100)
P value
Literacy and education
Women’s literacy
Yes
53 (87)
8 (13)
61 (100)
No
133 (86)
21 (14)
154 (100)
P value
Women’s literacy and education
Illiterate
127 (85)
22 (15)
149 (100)
Reads Quran
6 (100)
0 (0)
6 (100)
Primary school
33 (85)
6 (15)
39 (100)
Intermediary school
5 (83)
1 (17)
6 (100)
Secondary school
13 (100)
0 (0)
13 (100)
Higher education
2 (100)
0 (0)
2 (100)
P value
Husbands’ literacy and education
Illiterate
70 (86)
11 (14)
81 (100)
Reads Quran
8 (100)
0 (0)
8 (100)
Primary school
30 (77)
9 (23)
39 (100)
Intermediary school
21 (95)
1 (5)
22 (100)
Secondary school
26 (87)
4 (13)
30 (100)
Higher education
31 (89)
4 (11)
35 (100)
P value
Occupation and income
Women’s employment and wage salary during the last 3 months
Yes
13 (76)
4 (24)
17 (100)
No
173 (87)
25 (13)
198 (100)
P value
Occupational status of husband
Farmer/laborer
79 (85)
14 (15)
93 (100)
Government employee
107 (88)
15 (12)
122 (100)
P value
Other family income (land/cattle)
Yes
43 (91)
4 (9)
47 (100)
No
143 (85)
25 (15)
168 (100)
P value
Factors related to the previous childbirth
Location of childbirth
Home
140 (95)
8 (5)
148 (100)
Institution
46 (69)
21 (31)
67 (100)
P value
Own choice of birth attendance/location of childbirth
Yes
165 (92)
14 (8)
179 (100)
No
21 (58)
15 (42)
36 (100)
P value
Birth complications (self-rated)
Yes
42 (70)
18 (30)
60 (100)
No
144 (93)
11 (7)
155 (100)
P value
Women’s authority during childbirth
Yes
147 (94)
10 (6)
157 (100)
No
39 (67)
19 (33)
58 (100)
P value
Presence of birth support person(s)
Yes
131 (96)
6 (4)
137 (100)
No
55 (70)
23 (30)
78 (100)
P value
Mother-infant proximity following birth (n = 212, 3 stillborn children)
