Changes in the proportion of facility-based deliveries and related maternal health services among the poor in rural Jhang, Pakistan: results from a demand-side financing intervention

Table 1 Characteristics of Respondents in Intervention and Control Union Councils at Baseline

	Intervention (n = 1,008)	Control (n = 1,010)	p-value
Mother's Age
24 or younger	41.3	39.5	NS
25-29	34.7	33.2
30 or older	24.0	27.3
Parity/Living children
1	24.4	22.4	NS
2	23.0	24.0
3	19.4	18.2
4	14.5	13.1
5 or more	18.7	22.4
Mother's education
None	58.2	69.5	< 0.001
Primary	7.6	6.5
Middle	12.4	11.1
Secondary	8.9	7.4
Matriculate or higher	12.8	5.4
Travel time to nearest health facility
More than 15 minutes	46.9	52.3	< 0.05
15 minutes or less	53.1	47.7
Television viewership
Never or sometimes	78.5	88.6	< 0.001
Daily	21.5	11.4
Wealth quintiles
Fifth/poorest	19.9	23.1	NS
Fourth	19.2	19.7
Third	19.9	18.1
Second	19.8	19.7
First/non-poor	21.0	19.4
	100.0	100.0

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