FCHVs’ service user | Non-user | ||||
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Variable | (n = 446) | % | (n = 298) | % | p-value |
Number of family members† | |||||
3 or 4 | 46 | 31.1 | 92 | 30.9 | 0.964 |
5 or more | 102 | 68.9 | 206 | 69.1 | |
Number of children† | |||||
1 | 39 | 26.4 | 85 | 28.5 | 0.890 |
2 | 39 | 26.4 | 76 | 25.5 | |
3 | 70 | 47.3 | 137 | 46.0 | |
Living with grandparents† | |||||
Yes | 47 | 31.8 | 123 | 41.3 | 0.051 |
Caregiver’s age† | |||||
< 25 | 143 | 48.0 | 68 | 46.0 | 0.684 |
25 or more | 155 | 52.0 | 80 | 54.0 | |
School education level (no. of years)† | |||||
Never attended | 81 | 54.7 | 187 | 62.8 | 0.253 |
1-5 | 17 | 11.5 | 26 | 8.7 | |
6 or more | 50 | 33.8 | 85 | 28.5 | |
Literacy† | |||||
Literate | 101 | 68.2 | 192 | 64.4 | 0.424 |
Illiterate | 47 | 31.8 | 106 | 35.6 | |
Caste‡ | |||||
Upper caste | 93 | 62.8 | 205 | 68.8 | 0.451 |
Janajati (indegious) | 11 | 7.4 | 18 | 6.0 | |
Dalit | 44 | 29.7 | 75 | 25.2 | |
Economic status† | |||||
Poor | 58 | 39.2 | 120 | 40.3 | 0.969 |
Middle | 60 | 40.5 | 120 | 40.3 | |
Rich | 30 | 20.3 | 58 | 19.5 | |
Decision maker about child health care | |||||
Mother can decide† | 125 | 84.5 | 279 | 93.6 | 0.002** |
Mother-in-law decides† | 28 | 18.9 | 45 | 15.1 | 0.515 |
Able to pay costs for health care† | |||||
Yes/Usually | 109 | 73.7 | 276 | 92.6 | <0.001** |
Have health facility within 1 hour walk† | |||||
Yes | 100 | 67.6 | 167 | 56.0 | 0.019* |
Time to FCHV's house† | |||||
Less than 10 minutes | 77 | 52.0 | 86 | 28.9 | <0.001** |
11-30 minutes | 49 | 33.1 | 118 | 39.6 | |
More than 30 minutes | 22 | 14.9 | 94 | 31.5 | |
Have participated in mothers' group† | 50 | 33.8 | 32 | 10.7 | <0.001** |