Table 1 Distribution of characteristics of women by the status of bypassing
From: Bypassing birthing centres for child birth: a community-based study in rural Chitwan Nepal
Characteristics | Status of bypassing | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Not Bypass | Bypass | Total | |
Place of residence | |||
Plain | 78 (37) | 133 (63) | 211 |
Hill | 41 (79) | 11 (21) | 52 |
Caste/ethnicity | |||
Disadvantaged | 91 (56) | 76 (44) | 167 |
Advantaged | 28 (29) | 68 (71) | 96 |
Wealth index | |||
Lower | 69 (78) | 20 (22) | 89 |
Higher | 50 (29) | 124 (71) | 174 |
Educational status | |||
No schooling | 34 (71) | 14 (29) | 48 |
Primary and above | 85 (40) | 130 (61) | 215 |
Age group | |||
15–24 years | 88 (48) | 97 (52) | 185 |
25 and more years | 31 (40) | 47 (60) | 78 |
Birth order | |||
1st | 54 (39) | 84 (61) | 138 |
2nd and more | 65 (52) | 60 (48) | 125 |
ANC number | |||
< 4 | 53 (60) | 38 (40) | 91 |
4 or more | 66 (38) | 106 (62) | 172 |
Experience of complications during delivery | |||
No | 105 (48) | 114 (52) | 219 |
Yes | 14 (32) | 30 (68) | 44 |