Table 2 Association between socio-demographic characteristics and delivery of child health services (n = 4302)
Background characteristics | Total n (%) | Provided child health services % (95% CI) | pvalue |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | |||
  < 25 yr | 204 (4.38) | 58.04 (52.11, 63.76) | 0.477 |
  25–39 yr | 1735 (39.09) | 63.24 (60.15, 66.23) |  |
  40–54 yr | 1869 (43.62) | 62.84 (59.43, 66.12) |  |
  55+ yr | 494 (12.9) | 61.79 (57.96, 65.48) |  |
Literacy | |||
  Illiterate | 708 (18.4) | 52.44 (47.67, 57.16) | 0.001* |
  Literate | 3592 (81.6) | 64.92 (62.56, 67.22) |  |
Caste | |||
 Hill caste | 1812 (39.71) | 66.95 (64.1, 69.68) | 0.008* |
 Terai caste | 512 (14.08) | 58.17 (50.12, 65.82) |  |
 Dalits | 260 (6.35) | 68.19 (60.94, 74.64) |  |
 Janajatis | 1628 (37.69) | 59.49 (56.73, 62.19) |  |
 Others | 90 (2.17) | 51.73 (35.72, 67.4) |  |
Residence | |||
 Urban | 257 (0.8) | 55.66 (51, 60.21) | 0.008* |
 Rural | 4045 (99.2) | 62.71 (60.26, 65.09) |  |
Province | |||
  1 | 825 (17.53) | 62.36 (58.05, 66.49) | 0.001* |
  2 | 521 (19.36) | 57.35 (51.84, 62.69) |  |
  Bagmati | 702 (16.76) | 57.97 (55.19, 60.7) |  |
  Gandaki | 361 (12.75) | 55.84 (50.75, 60.81) |  |
  5 | 778 (14.85) | 73.12 (70.11, 75.93) |  |
  Karnali | 410 (9.13) | 59.87 (54.63, 64.89) |  |
  Sudurpaschim | 705 (9.63) | 77.48 (73.39, 81.1) |  |
Years of work experience | |||
  < one year | 131 (3.04) | 51.4 (40.86,61.32) | < 0.05 |
 1–5 year | 733 (17.04) | 65.24 (61.45,68.84) |  |
  > 5 years | 3438 (79.92) | 62.56 (59.95,65.09) |  |