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Table 3 Practices and Attitudes related to current pregnancy of expectant mothers interviewed for field testing of PEC at community & health care settings in Karachi

From: Development and pretesting of an information, education and communication (IEC) focused antenatal care handbook in Pakistan

Variable

Community Arm

N = 150

Health Facility Arm

N = 150

P value

Identification of person to assist delivery

   

Trained

129(86.0)

136(90.6)

 

Untrained

12(8.0)

12(8.0)

0.27

Person not yet identified

9(6.0)

2(1.3)

 

Identification of health facility as a place for delivery

   

Yes

110(73.3)

110(73.3)

0.21

No

40(26.6)

40(26.6)

 

Intention to adopt child spacing after delivery

   

Yes

97(66.9)

94(64.4)

0.65

No

53(33.1)

56(35.6)

 

Medications in the current pregnancy

   

Folic Acid

   

Yes

63(42.0)

104(69.3)

0.00

No

87(58.0)

46(30.7)

 

Iron

   

Yes

53(35.3)

90(60.0)

0.00

No

97(64.7)

60(40.0)

 

Tetanus vaccine

   

Yes

46(30.6)

55(36.6)

 

No

104(69.3)

95(63.3)

0.52