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Table 1 Distribution of demographic and socio-economic variables in sample of women with a birth in the five-year recall period (Upper Egypt households living below poverty line)

From: Socio-economic factors associated with maternal health-seeking behaviours among women from poor households in rural Egypt

Characteristic

Sample of women

Women with live birth

ANC users

Facility delivery users

 

Weighted sample size

2,242

1,266

1,143

Woman age group

18-24 (column %)

7.0

8.6

8.3

 

25-29

24.3

24.1

26.8

 

30-34

26.5

27.9

24.9

 

35-39

26.0

26.0

23.4

 

40 and above

16.2

13.4

16.6

Number of children

1-2 (column %)

10.5

12.8

13.7

in household

3-4

39.5

38.6

41.9

 

5-6

39.5

39.4

35.1

 

7 or more

10.5

9.2

9.3

Village size

Small (<6,500) (column %)

18.4

20.3

20.4

 

Medium (6,500-14,499)

31.3

29.5

27.8

 

Large (>14,500)

50.3

50.2

51.8

District size

Small (<249K) (column %)

37.2

35.8

32.2

 

Medium (250K-349K)

26.8

26.1

25.2

 

Large (>350K)

36.0

38.1

42.6

Governorate

Assiut (column %)

60.9

63.3

64.6

 

Sohag

39.1

36.7

35.4

Socio-cultural resourcefulness

Mean

-0.002

0.075

0.076

 

SE

0.042

0.052

0.052

Economic resourcefulness

Mean

0.057

0.082

-0.012

 

SE

0.032

0.036

0.034

Dwelling quality

Mean

-0.020

0.007

0.012

 

SE

0.034

0.035

0.037

Woman´s status

Mean

0.015

-0.018

0.031

 

SE

0.032

0.035

0.038

  1. SE: standard error. Complex survey design was accounted for in calculations of proportions and sample sizes reported.
  2. K thousand.