Empowerment, intimate partner violence and skilled birth attendance among women in rural Uganda

Table 1 Distribution of women by their demographics, socio-economic factors, their partners’ characteristics and skilled birth attendance during the recent delivery

	% of women	Frequency	% SBA	p-value
Age group				0.449
15–19	6.1	53	64.2
20–29	52.6	451	55.9
30–39	31.5	271	53.8
40–49	9.7	84	47.7
Region				0.210
Central	20.9	179	63.5
Eastern	29.4	252	57.6
Northern	22.0	189	48.9
Western	27.7	238	50.6
Wealth Index				<0.001
Poorest	24.2	208	39.7
Poorer	25.2	216	50.5
Middle	23.2	199	54.5
Rich	27.4	235	72.9
Women’s Education level				<0.001
None	18.7	160	38.7
Primary	63.5	544	53.5
Secondary+	17.9	153	77.3
Religion				0.540
Catholic	43.1	369	55.2
Protestant	28.1	241	56.2
Muslim	11.7	100	59.5
Pentecostal and others	17.2	147	49.4
Sex of a household head				0.370
male	84.4	724	54.2
female	15.6	134	59.2
Number of children ever born				<0.001
1	11.9	102	77.6
2–4	42.2	362	55.3
5+	45.9	394	48.9
Attended ANC four or more times				<0.001
No	51.2	439	44.8
Yes	48.8	418	65.7
Participates in decision making in any of the four issues				0.630
No	15.6	134	57.9
Yes	84.4	724	54.4
Economically empowered - owns house or land or earns cash				0.003
No	14.1	121	70.2
Yes	85.9	737	52.5
Access to health facility is a big problem				0.015
No	31.5	271	62.0
Yes	68.5	587	51.7
Can refuse sex and ask partner to use condom				0.001
No	33.5	287	46.6
Yes	66.5	571	59.2
Experienced intimate partner violence				0.085
No	47.1	404	59.4
Yes	52.9	454	51.0
Partner’s age				0.524
16–29	30.9	265	58.6
30–39	39.4	338	53.6
40+	29.8	255	53.0
Partner’s education level				<.001
None	11.1	95	33.7
Primary	61.2	525	50.7
Secondary+	27.7	238	72.8
Partner drinks alcohol				0.187
No	52.4	449	58.2
Yes	47.6	408	51.4
Total	100.0	858	55.0

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