Research Article

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

Table 6

Association of maternal characteristics with abuse-free care dimension of RMC n = 150.

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

Age
 ≤2558 (68.2)27 (31.8)0.111 (0.739)Ref
 >2546 (70.8)19 (29.2)1.127 (0.558–2.227)

Educational status
 Up to secondary level66 (68.0)31 (32.0)0.216 (0.642)Ref
 More than secondary level38 (71.7)15 (28.3)1.190 (0.571–2.480)

Parity
 No previous children55 (59.8)37 (40.2)10.207 (0.001)Ref
 Between 1 and 4 children49 (84.5)9 (15.5)3.663 (1.607–8.349)

Time of delivery
 Day shift65 (69.9)28 (30.1)0.036 (0.850)1.071 (0.525–2.186)
 Night shift39 (68.4)18 (31.6)Ref

Length of stay
 ≤1 day38 (65.5)20 (34.5)0.648 (0.421)1.336 (0.659–2.708)
 >1 day66 (71.7)26 (28.3)Ref

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