Table 1 General characteristics of the participants
Characteristics | Levels | Total (n = 875) |
|---|---|---|
Age categories in years | 15–24 | 384 (43.9) |
25 and beyond | 491 (56.1) | |
mean (SD) | 26.2 (5.9) | |
Ethnicity | Basoga | 611 (69.8) |
Baganda | 103 (11.8) | |
Basamia | 23 (2.6) | |
Mugishu | 21 (2.4) | |
Others | 117 (13.4) | |
Level of education | None | 83 (9.5) |
Primary | 323 (36.9) | |
Secondary | 388 (44.3) | |
Tertiary and beyond | 81 (9.3) | |
Type of employment | Formal | 102 (11.7) |
Self | 336 (38.4) | |
None | 437 (49.9) | |
Marital status | Single/never married | 116 (13.3) |
Married | 710 (81.1) | |
Divorced/separated | 49 (5.6) | |
Religion | Catholic | 637 (75.4) |
Muslim | 195 (23.1) | |
Others | 13 (1.5) | |
A mother living with HIV | No | 795 (90.9) |
Yes | 80 (9.1) | |
Number of antenatal care visits at recent pregnancy | Less than 4 | 651 (74.4) |
4 and more | 224 (25.6) | |
mean (SD) | 3.7 (1.7) | |
Birth order | First | 181 (20.7) |
Second | 227 (25.9) | |
Third | 197 (22.5) | |
Fourth | 112 (12.8) | |
Fifth and beyond | 158 (18.1) | |
Place of delivery | Outside a Health facility | 148 (16.9) |
In a Health facility | 727 (83.1) | |
Maternal residence | Urban | 194 (22.2) |
Peri-urban | 335 (38.3) | |
Rural | 346 (39.5) | |
Level of health facility | Health center | 368 (42.1) |
General Hospital | 507 (57.9) | |
Place of recent antenatal care attendance | Private-not-for profit | 200 (22.9) |
Public/or government | 675 (77.1) | |
Distance from home to health facility (km) | Less or equals 5 km | 510 (58.3) |
Beyond 5 km | 365 (41.7) | |
Mean (SD) | 7.0 (8.2) |