Research Article
Factors Associated with Utilization of Complete Postnatal Care Service in Baglung Municipality, Nepal
Table 4
Factors associated with the utilization of complete PNC.
| | Variables | Utilization of PNC services | value | | Fully utilized, N. (%) | Partial utilized, N. (%) |
| | Age groups (in years) | | | | | Less than 30 | 58 (21.8) | 270 (78.2) | 0.846 | | 30 and above | 11 (22.1) | 37 (77.1) | | | Ethnicity | | | | | Janajati | 23 (24.7) | 70 (75.3) | 0.029 | | Brahman/Chhetri | 38 (32.3) | 109 (74.1) | | | Dalits | 8 (10.8) | 66 (89.2) | | | Education status | | | | | No schooling | 3(23) | 10 (77) | | | Basic education | 8 (17) | 38 (83) | 0.668 | | Secondary education | 40 (21) | 148(79) | | | Higher education | 18 (27) | 49 (73) | | | Occupation of respondents | | | | | Household work | 38 (23.0) | 127(77.0) | | | Farmer | 10 (18.9) | 43 (81.1) | | | Service | 11 (22.9) | 37 (77.1) | 0.907 | | Business | 8 (23.5) | 26 (76.5) | | | Labour | 2 (14.3) | 12 (85.7) | | | Occupation of respondents’ husband | | | | | Service | 26 (32.9) | 53 (67.1) | | | Business | 18 (21.7) | 65 (78.3) | | | Labour | 9 (16.7) | 45 (83.3) | 0.042 | | Foreign employment | 16 (16.3) | 82 (83.7) | | | Annual family income (in NPR) | | | | | Less than250000 | 24 (20.5) | 93 (79.5) | | | 250000 to 600000 | 35 (22.2) | 123(77.8) | 0.797 | | More than 600000 | 10 (25.6) | 29 (74.4) | | | Parity | | | | | One | 36 (23.2) | 119(76.8) | 0.597 | | More than one | 33 (20.8) | 126 (79.2) | | | Number of ANC visit | | | | | <4 times | 4 (11.1) | 32 (28.1) | 0.101 | | ≥4 times | 65 (23.4) | 213 (76.6) | | | Type of facility used for delivery | | | | | Government hospital | 38 (14.3) | 227 (85.7) | <0.001 | | Private hospital | 31 (63.3) | 18 (36.7) | | | Had complication during childbirth | | | | | Yes | 19 (31.7) | 41 (68.3) | 0.044 | | No | 50 (22.6) | 204 (80.3) | | | Awareness level on PNC services | | | | | Poor | 27 (17.2) | 130 (82.8) | 0.041 | | Good | 42 (26.8) | 115 (73.2) | |
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