Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of women who received at least one postnatal check in the 2020 Rwanda Demographic Health Survey
Characteristics | N = 4456 (%) |
|---|---|
Age | |
 35 to 49 | 1514 (34.0) |
 25 to 34 | 2163 (48.5) |
 15 to 24 | 779 (17.5) |
Education Level | |
 No Education | 432 (9.7) |
 Primary Education | 2864 (64.3) |
 Secondary Education | 940 (21.1) |
 Tertiary | 220 (4.9) |
Exposure to newspapers/magazines | |
 No | 3474 (78.0) |
 Yes | 982 (22.0) |
Exposure to radio | |
 No | 903 (20.3) |
 Yes | 3553 (79.7) |
Exposure to TV | |
 No | 2517 (56.6) |
 Yes | 1939 (43.4) |
Internet access | |
 No | 3920 (88.0) |
 Yes | 536 (12.0) |
Parity | |
 1 | 1168 (26.2) |
 2–4 | 2551 (57.3) |
 5 and above | 737 (16.5) |
Marital | |
 Not married | 852 (19.1) |
 Married | 3604 (80.9) |
Has health insurance | |
 No | 747 (16.8) |
 Yes | 3709 (83.2) |
Visited by a fieldworker | |
 No | 2740 (61.5) |
 Yes | 1716 (38.5) |
Working status | |
 Not working | 1086 (24.4) |
 Working | 3370 (75.6) |
Permission to access healthcare | |
 Big problem | 140 (3.2) |
 Not big problem | 4316 (96.8) |
Distance to a health facility | |
 Big problem | 971 (21.8) |
 Not big problem | 3485 (78.2) |
Residence | |
 Rural | 3639 (81.7) |
 Urban | 817 (18.3) |
Region | |
 North | 680 (15.3) |
 East | 1338 (30.0) |
 West | 825 (18.5) |
 South | 970 (21.8) |
 Kigali | 643 (14.4) |
Wealth Index | |
 Poorest | 943 (21.2) |
 Poorer | 827 (18.6) |
 Middle | 871 (19.5) |
 Richer | 929 (20.8) |
 Richest | 887 (19.9) |
ANC quality | |
 Adequate | 683 (15.3) |
 Inadequate | 3773 (84.7) |
ANC frequency | |
 4 and above | 2265 (50.8) |
 Less than 4 | 2191 (49.2) |
Place of childbirth | |
 Home | 6 (0.1) |
 Health facility | 4450 (99.9) |
ANC facility | |
 Private | 172 (3.9) |
 Public | 4284 (96.1) |