Table 1 Demographic characteristics of survey of women in Nairobi and Kiambu, Kenya
From: Providers and women’s perspectives on person-centered maternity care: a mixed methods study in Kenya
Characteristics | No. | % |
|---|---|---|
Age: Mean (SD) | 531 | 25.6 |
Parity: Mean (SD) | 531 | 2.1 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 61 | 11.5 |
Partnered/Cohabiting | 75 | 14.1 |
Married | 383 | 72.1 |
Widowed | 1 | 0.2 |
Divorced/Separated | 11 | 2.1 |
Education | ||
No school/Primary | 204 | 38.4 |
Post-primary/vocational/Secondary | 242 | 45.6 |
College or above | 85 | 16 |
Literacy: reading | ||
No, cannot read | 2 | 0.4 |
Yes, but with some difficulty | 33 | 6.2 |
Yes, Very well | 496 | 93.4 |
Literacy: writing | ||
No, cannot write | 3 | 0.6 |
Yes, but with some difficulty | 29 | 5.5 |
Yes, Very well | 499 | 94 |
Employed | ||
No | 251 | 47.3 |
Yes | 280 | 52.7 |
Wealth Quintile | ||
Poorest | 0 | 0 |
Poorer | 1 | 0.2 |
Middle | 18 | 3.4 |
Richer | 88 | 16.6 |
Richest | 424 | 79.8 |
Religion | ||
None | 2 | 0.4 |
Catholic | 130 | 24.5 |
Protestant | 316 | 59.5 |
Muslim | 5 | 0.9 |
Other Christian | 78 | 14.7 |
Pregnancy complications | ||
No | 447 | 84.2 |
Yes | 84 | 15.8 |
Number of antenatal care visits | ||
No ANC | 225 | 42.8 |
Less than 4 | 248 | 47.1 |
4 or 5 | 53 | 10.1 |
Maternity facility type | ||
Gov’t Hospital | 432 | 81.4 |
Gov’t Health center | 99 | 18.6 |
Maternity provider | ||
Nurse/Midwife | 268 | 50.5 |
Doctor | 147 | 27.7 |
Clinical Officer/Medical Assistant | 1 | 0.19 |
Non-skilled attendant | 3 | 0.56 |
1plus skilled providers | 112 | 21.1 |
Maternity Provider sex | ||
Male | 74 | 13.9 |
Female | 371 | 69.9 |
Both | 86 | 16.2 |
Total | 531 | 100.0 |