Women’s Choice to Deliver at Home: Understanding the Psychosocial and Cultural Factors Influencing Birthing Choices for Unskilled Home Delivery among Women in Southwestern Uganda
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of participants.
Characteristic
Study participants ()
Median age (IQR)
26 (20.33)
Partner age (IQR)
31 (24.45)
Religion
Catholics
9 (30.0)
Protestants
11 (36.7)
Moslems
5 (16.7)
Others
5 (15.7)
Education level, n (%)
>Primary
12 (40.0)
≤Primary
13 (43.3)
None
05 (16.7)
Median parity (IQR)
3 (2.4)
Able to read English or Runyankole
25 (83.3)
Regular income (yes)
08 (26.7)
Household UGX/month
16 (53.3)
Married/legal partnership
12 (40)
Known HIV status
20 (66.7)
Most recent pregnancy planned
13 (43.3)
ANC visits
0
3 (10.0)
1
09 (30.0)
2-3
11 (36.7)
4-5
5 (16.7)
>5
2 (06.7)
Median time since last delivery (IQR)
41 (23.65)
Median number of people providing the participant with any kind of social support (IQR)
10 (5-16)
Choices for delivery
Would definitely like to deliver from home in the future
9 (30.0)
Delivered from home but would not do it again
4 (13.3)
Preferred facility delivery but reported their last home delivery as accidental
2 (6.7)
Delivered from facility and would like to do so in the future
10 (33.3)
Delivered from facility but unsure if they would go again
3 (10.0)
Delivered from facility but would not do it in the future
