From: Maternal social support and health facility delivery in Southwest Ethiopia
 | Health facility delivery | |||
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Domains of Social support | No (N = 1755) N (%) | Yes (N = 1549) N (%) | P.value | |
Perceived social supports | ||||
Perceived women had someone to help during childbirth | No Yes | 575 (50.9) 1180(54.3) | 555 (49.1) 994(45.7) | 0.064 |
Relationship to perceived source of help | ||||
Partner/family | No Yes | 701(38.9) 100(18.6) | 1103(61.1) 439(81.4) | 0.001 |
Relatives | No Yes | 700(39.1) 101(18.3) | 1090(60.9) 452(81.7) | 0.001 |
Friends | No Yes | 1356(52.5) 399(55.5) | 1229(47.5) 320(44.5) | 0.149 |
Health workers | No Yes | 1227(52.2) 528(55.3) | 1123(47.8) 426(44.7) | 0.102 |
Functional supports/received supports | ||||
Practical support with routine tasks | No Yes | 1486(54.8) 269(45.3) | 1224(45.2) 325(57.7) | 0.001 |
Accompanied in last childbirth | No Yes | 911(61.6) 269(45.3) | 568(38.4) 325(54.7) | 0.001 |
Emotional support | No Yes | 563(51.4) 1192(54.0) | 532(48.6) 1017(46.0) | 0.168 |
Material support | No Yes | 1079(52.1) 676(54.8) | 992(47.9) 557(45.2) | 0.129 |
Informational support | No Yes | 294(51.8) 1461(53.4) | 274(48.2) 1275(46.6) | 0.477 |
Size of received supports [mean(±SD)] |  | 0.5(0.2) | 0.6 (0.2) | 0.001 |
Continuous support[mean(±SD)] |  | 0.3(0.2) | 0.4( 0.2) | 0.001 |
Structural supports/Relationship with supporters | ||||
Partner/family members | No Yes | 1625(53.9) 130(44.7) | 1388(46.1) 161(55.3) | 0.002 |
Relatives/siblings | No Yes | 1557(54.4) 198(44.8) | 1305(45.6) 244(55.2) | 0.001 |
Friends/neighbors | No Yes | 1617(54.4) 138(41.7) | 1356(45.6) 193(58.3) | 0.001 |
Health workers | No Yes | 895(52.0) 860(54.4) | 827(48.0) 722(45.6) | 0.711 |
Density of ties [mean (±SD)] |  | 0.4(0.2) | 0.4(0.2) | 0.230 |