Factors Influencing Birth Preparedness in Rapti Municipality of Chitwan, Nepal

Table 5

Comparison between knowledge, ANC, and decision-makers on the delivery place with birth preparedness practices ().

Characteristics	Birth preparation practice		value
	Poor preparation ( (%))	Better preparation ( (%))
Knowledge of birth preparation
Poor knowledge	4 (30.8)	9 (69.2)	0.015
Better knowledge	7 (6.1)	107 (93.9)
Knowledge of danger signs for requiring check-up in pregnancy
No knowledge	14 (93.3)	1 (6.7)	<0.001
Poor knowledge	17 (50.0)	17 (50.0)
Better knowledge	17 (14.7)	99 (85.3)
Knowledge of danger sign during delivery
No knowledge	7 (87.5)	1 (12.5)	<0.001
Poor knowledge	25 (56.8)	19 (43.2)
Better knowledge	16 (14.2)	97 (85.8)
ANC by protocol
Yes	4 (4.7)	82 (95.3)	<0.001
No	19 (35.8)	34 (64.2)
Counseling during ANC check-up
No counseling	9 (64.3)	5 (35.7)	<0.001
Counseling	14 (11.2)	111 (88.8)
Delivery place
Home	40 (65.6)	21 (34.4)	<0.001
Institution	8 (7.7)	96 (92.3)
Final decision-makers
Self	29 (59.2)	20 (40.8)	<0.001
Jointly	10 (9.8)	92 (90.2)
Family members/relatives	9 (64.3)	5 (35.7)

Chi-squared test, Fisher’s exact test.