Maternal and Child Health Services in Rural Settings of The Gambia: Contextual Determinants of Postnatal Care from Mothers’ Perspectives—A Community-Based Analytical Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic and related characteristics of reproductive age women in URR, Gambia.

Variables	n (%)	Postnatal care for mother		value
		No, n (%)	Yes, n (%)
Age of respondents				0.785
25 and below	110 (41.5)	11 (10.0)	99 (90.0)
26–35	132 (49.8)	14 (10.6)	118 (89.4)
36 and above	23 (8.7)	1 (4.3)	22 (95.7)
Marital status				0.882
Single	9 (3.4)	1 (11.1)	8 (88.9)
Married	251 (94.7)	25 (10.0)	226 (90.0)
Divorced	5 (1.9)	0 (0.0)	5 (100.0)
Educational level				0.551
Nonformal education	130 (49.1)	11 (8.5)	119 (91.5)
Primary	52 (19.6)	8 (15.4)	44 (84.6)
Secondary	40 (15.1)	2 (5.0)	38 (95.0)
Tertiary	4 (1.5)	1 (25.0)	3 (75.0)
Arabic	39 (14.7)	4 (10.3)	35 (89.7)
Occupation of respondent				0.001
Not working	53 (20.0)	3 (5.7)	50 (94.3)
Housewife	91 (34.3)	4 (4.4)	87 (95.6)
Farmer	104 (39.2)	18 (17.3)	86 (82.7)
Business	17 (6.4)	1 (5.9)	16 (94.1)
Family types				0.117
Nuclear	46 (17.4)	1 (2.2)	45 (97.8)
Extended	212 (80.0)	25 (11.8)	187 (88.2)
Single parent	7 (2.6)	0 (0.0)	7 (100.0)
Ethnicity				0.223
Mandinka	207 (78.1)	24 (11.6)	183 (88.4)
Fula	43 (16.2)	2 (4.7)	41 (95.3)
Serahule	15 (5.7)	0 (0.0)	15 (100.0)
Location in URR				0.049
Northern region	104 (39.2)	13 (12.5)	91 (87.5)
Southern region	161 (60.8)	13 (8.1)	148 (91.9)
Average monthly income (in dalasi)				0.257
<1500	146 (55.1)	13 (8.9)	133(91.1)
≥1500	119 (44.9)	13 (10.9)	106 (89.1)
Number of pregnancies				0.013
4 and below	148 (55.8)	12 (8.1)	136 (91.9)
5 and above	117 (44.2)	14 (12.0)	103 (88.0)
Number of children alive				0.089
3 and below	174 (65.7)	19 (10.9)	155 (89.1)
4 and above	91 (34.3)	7 (7.7)	84 (92.3)
Attended ANC in last pregnancy				<0.001
Yes	260 (98.1)	21 (8.6)	224 (91.4)
No	5 (1.9)	5 (25.0)	15 (75.0)
Place of last delivery				0.218
Home	51 (19.2)	9 (17.6)	42 (82.4)
Health facility	214 (80.8)	17 (7.9)	197 (92.1)
Currently using family planning				0.008
No	198 (74.7)	25 (12.6)	173 (87.4)
Yes	67 (25.3)	1 (1.5)	66 (98.5)
Had complication(s) in last labor				0.014
Yes	123 (46.4)	10 (8.1)	113 (91.9)
No	142 (53.6)	16 (11.3)	126 (88.7)

Statistical significance at .