Research Article

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

Table 7

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

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

Age
 ≤2553 (62.4)32 (37.6)0.460 (0.498)Ref
 >2544 (67.7)21 (32.3)1.265 (0.641–2.498)

Educational status
 Up to secondary level63 (64.9)34 (35.1)0.010 (0.922)Ref
 More than secondary level34 (64.2)19 (35.8)0.966 (0.480–1.944)

Parity
 No previous children57 (62.0)35 (38.0)0.765 (0.382)Ref
 Between 1 and 4 children40 (69.0)18 (31.0)1.365 (0.679–2.741)

Time of delivery
 Day shift66 (71.0)27 (29.0)4.253 (0.039)2.050 (1.031–4.076)
 Night shift31 (54.4)26 (45.6)Ref

Length of stay
 ≤1 day36 (62.1)22 (37.9)0.279 (0.597)1.203 (0.607–2.384)
 >1 day61 (66.3)31 (33.7)Ref

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