Skip to main content

Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: “Not too far to walk”: the influence of distance on place of delivery in a western Kenya health demographic surveillance system

Household delivery data

Percent of homes with at least one birth at facility

 

30.8%

Percent of households with at least one birth at home

 

77%

Percent of households with head=male

 

90%

Employment status of head

  
 

Unemployed

13.4%

 

Employed

20.5%

 

Self-employed

65.4%

 

Head is farmer

42.8%

 

Head owns business

9.7%

 

Head is salaried

15.2%

 

Head is skilled laborer

12.3%

 

Head is casual laborer

18.7%

Education of head

  
 

No education

1.36%

 

Pre-primary

0.22%

 

Primary

58.68%

 

Secondary

33.20%

 

Technical/Vocational

3.12%

 

Higher

2.96%

 

Informal

0.46%

Mean household size

 

6.5 people (SD=2.9)

 

Mean people per room

3.1 (SD=1.55)

 

Mean number of rooms

2.3

 

Mean acres of land owned

1.77

 

Mean distance to facility

2.4 km (SD=1.13)

 

Mean distance to road

3.11 km (SD=1.55)

 

Nearest facility is hospital (percent)

33.8%

 

Nearest facility is health center (percent)

12.9%

 

Nearest facility is dispensary (percent)

53.3%