Research Article

Perception of Women regarding Respectful Maternity Care during Facility-Based Childbirth

Table 5

Association of maternal characteristics with the friendly care dimension of RMC n = 150.

VariablesExperienced RMC n (%)Not experienced RMC n (%)χ2 ( value)COR (95% CI)

Age
 ≤2571 (83.5)14 (16.5)0.032 (0.857)Ref
 >2555 (84.6)10 (15.4)1.085 (0.448–2.627)

Educational status
 Up to secondary level83 (85.6)14 (14.4)0.502 (0.479)Ref
 More than secondary level43 (81.1)10 (18.9)0.725 (0.298–1.768)

Parity
 No previous children76 (82.6)16 (17.4)0.343 (0.558)Ref
 Between 1 and 4 children50 (86.2)8 (13.8)1.316 (0.524–3.304)

Time of delivery
 Day shift79 (84.9)14 (15.1)0.163 (0.686)1.201 (0.494–2.918)
 Night shift47 (82.5)10 (17.5)Ref

Length of stay
 ≤1 day44 (75.9)14 (24.1)4.660 (0.031)0.383 (0.157–0.934)
 >1 day82 (89.1)10 (10.9)Ref

value is significant at ≤0.05 level, Ref: reference group, significant at 95% CI, and COR = crude odds ratio.