Table 4 Study population characteristics in Gaibandha district
Service provision characteristics | Community (n = 4) | Facility (n = 5) | Fisher's exact test | |||
Provider | Employee designation | Family Welfare Visitor, Paramedic BRAC Shyastho Kormi | Family Welfare Visitor, Paramedics, Nurse, Doctors | |||
Age (years) | 26, 28, 35, 36 years old | 26, 29, 40 years old | ||||
Schooling (years) | 11-14 years | 10-14 years | ||||
Working on ANC service (years) | 3-10 years | 3-10 years | ||||
Last training received (years) | 1-10 years ago | 3-10 years ago | ||||
Mother's characteristics | Community (n = 34) | Facility (n = 36) | P-value | |||
n | % | n | % | |||
Age | <20 | 13 | 38% | 9 | 25% | 0.66 |
20-34 | 20 | 59% | 26 | 72% | ||
35-49 | 1 | 3% | 1 | 3% | ||
Parity | First pregnancy | 18 | 53% | 13 | 36% | 0.23 |
Not first pregnancy | 16 | 47% | 23 | 64% | ||
GA | Within 12 weeks | 8 | 24% | 2 | 6% | 0.01 |
13-26 week | 6 | 18% | 19 | 53% | ||
27-32 week | 14 | 41% | 13 | 36% | ||
33-38 week | 6 | 18% | 2 | 6% | ||
ANC | 1st visit | 14 | 41% | 22 | 61% | 0.30 |
2nd visit | 9 | 26% | 6 | 17% | ||
3rd visit | 8 | 24% | 4 | 11% | ||
> 4th visits | 3 | 9% | 4 | 11% | ||
Literacy | Yes | 32 | 94% | 30 | 83% | 0.26 |
No | 2 | 6% | 6 | 17% | ||
Schooling | No schooling | 5 | 15% | 5 | 14% | 0.08 |
Class 1~9 completed | 25 | 74% | 21 | 58% | ||
Secondary/High school completed | 3 | 9% | 7 | 19% | ||
Degree or higher | 1 | 3% | 3 | 8% | ||
Household occupation | Informal (own farm/unskilled labor/own business) | 28 | 82% | 27 | 75% | 0.24 |
Formal (private service/government) | 6 | 18% | 9 | 25% | ||