Table 1 Women's characteristics and their satisfaction with peer support (Percentages based on row total)
Total | Enough time with mothera | Mother satisfied with explanationsb | Visits usefulc | Learnt new thingd | Free to discusse | Chance to ask questionsf | Mother respectedg | PC for next lactationh | PC for friendi | PC best to help with B/Fj | Overall satisfactionk | p-value | |
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N | n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | ||
Total | 370 | 286 (77) | 331 (90) | 358 (97) | 350 (95) | 350 (95) | 265 (72) | 365 (99) | 361 (98) | 365 (99) | 263 (71) | 264 (71) | |
Age | |||||||||||||
20 years and below | 90 | 65 (72) | 80 (89) | 88 (98) | 87 (97) | 84 (93) | 60 (67) | 89 (89) | 89 (99) | 90 (100) | 67 (74) | 62 (69) | |
More than 20 years | 280 | 221 (79) | 251 (90) | 270 (96) | 263 (94) | 266 (95) | 205 (73) | 276 (99) | 272 (97) | 275 (98) | 196 (70) | 202 (72) | 0.55 |
Education level | |||||||||||||
None/Incomplete primary | 90 | 64 (71) | 75 (83) | 82 (91) | 87 (97) | 82 (91) | 63 (70) | 88 (98) | 87 (97) | 88 (98) | 66 (73) | 55 (61) | |
Completed primary | 181 | 147 (81) | 167 (92) | 179 (99) | 174 (96) | 175 (97) | 138 (76) | 180 (99) | 175 (97) | 178 (98) | 132 (73) | 136 (75) | |
Secondary and above | 99 | 75 (76) | 89 (90) | 97 (98) | 89 (90) | 93 (94) | 64 (65) | 97 (98) | 99 (100) | 99 (100) | 65 (66) | 73 (74) | 0.046 |
Marital status | |||||||||||||
Single/other | 22 | 13 (59) | 21 (95) | 21 (95) | 21 (95) | 22 (100) | 16 (73) | 22 (100) | 22 (100) | 22 (100) | 19 (86) | 16 (73) | |
Married/cohabiting | 348 | 273 (78) | 310 (89) | 337 (97) | 329 (95) | 328 (94) | 249 (72) | 343 (99) | 339 (97) | 343 (99) | 244 (70) | 248 (71) | 0.88 |
Occupation | |||||||||||||
Housewife | 76 | 60 (79) | 69 (91) | 73 (96) | 68 (90) | 73 (96) | 52 (68) | 73 (96) | 72 (95) | 74 (97) | 48 (63) | 52 (68) | |
Farmer | 231 | 178 (77) | 202 (87) | 225 (97) | 224 (97) | 217 (94) | 164 (71) | 229 (99) | 228 (99) | 228 (99) | 177 (77) | 167 (72) | |
Other | 63 | 48 (76) | 60 (95) | 60 (95) | 58 (92) | 60 (95) | 49 (78) | 63 (100) | 61 (97) | 63 (100) | 38 (60) | 45 (71) | 0.81 |
Parity | |||||||||||||
One child | 67 | 49 (73) | 60 (90) | 66 (99) | 64 (96) | 62 (92) | 45 (67) | 66 (99) | 66 (99) | 67 (100) | 47 (70) | 48 (72) | |
Two or more children | 303 | 237 (78) | 271 (89) | 292 (96) | 286 (94) | 288 (95) | 220 (73) | 299 (99) | 295 (97) | 298 (98) | 216 (71) | 216 (71) | 0.95 |
No of peer counsellor visits | |||||||||||||
5 or more | 212 | 177 (84) | 198 (93) | 209 (99) | 207 (98) | 205 (97) | 171 (81) | 208 (98) | 211 (99.5) | 209 (99) | 167 (79) | 170 (80) | |
Less than 5 | 158 | 109 (69) | 133 (84) | 149 (94) | 143 (91) | 145 (92) | 94 (60) | 157 (99) | 150 (95) | 156 (99) | 96 (61) | 94 (60) | <0.01 |