Clinical Study
[Retracted] A Survey of Home Delivery and Newborn Care Practices among Women in a Suburban Area of Western Nigeria
Table 5
Reasons for choice of planned and unplanned home deliveries.
| | Reason given | Planned | Unplanned | Total (%) |
| | Preference for home delivery | 77 | — | 77 (25.7) | | Home delivery is easy and convenient | 66 | — | 66 (22.0) | | All my previous deliveries were at home | 10 | — | 10 (3.3) | | Hospital is too far | 5 | 3 | 8 (2.7) | | Worries about cost in the hospital | 24 | 7 | 31 (10.3) | | Financial problems at home | 7 | 3 | 10 (3.3) | | Family members prefer home delivery | 4 | 1 | 5 (1.7) | | Fear of hospital | 2 | — | 2 (0.7) | | Health worker lives close to house | 5 | — | 5 (1.7) | | Precipitate labor* | — | 57 | 57 (19) | | Lack of transport during labor | — | 21 | 21 (7.0) | | Lack of escort during labor | — | 5 | 5 (1.7) | | Onset of labor before the expected date | — | 2 | 2 (0.7) | | Other reasons | — | 1 | 1 (0.3) |
| | Total | 200 | 100 | 300 |
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*Precipitate labor: labor results in rapid expulsion of fetus.
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