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Table 2 Comparison of maternal health factors across regions: riverine and mainland, October-November 2011

From: Can Sierra Leone maintain the equitable delivery of their Free Health Care Initiative? The case for more contextualised interventions: results of a cross-sectional survey

Variable

Riverine

Mainland

Chi-squared

p-value

n

%

n

%

Maternal Deaths

9

2.3 %

3

0.8 %

2.193

.139

Attended Appropriate Number of ANC

39

57.4 %

76

61.8 %

0.198

.656

Attended all 4 ANC visits

4

5.9 %

24

18.2 %

4.664

.031

Ferrous/Folic

55

84.6 %

109

84.5 %

0.000

1.000

SBA

 Pre-FHCI

 Post-FHCI

235

161

74

48.4 %

50.5 %

44.3 %

395

236

159

56.3 %

51.6 %

64.9 %

6.907

0.062

16.302

.009

.804

.000

TBA

 Pre-FHCI

 Post-FHCI

247

154

93

50.8 %

48.3 %

55.7 %

312

229

83

44.4 %

50.1 %

33.9 %

4.438

0.185

18.426

.035

.667

.000

Health Centre Delivery

 Pre-FHCI

 Post-FHCI

212

143

69

43.6 %

44.8 %

41.3 %

368

218

150

52.4 %

47.7 %

61.2 %

8.552

0.514

15.016

.003

.473

.000

IPT/IPS

50

82.0 %

102

79.7 %

0.030

.862

Dewormed

48

81.4 %

93

74.4 %

0.729

.393

Access to PMTCT

42

63.6 %

78

59.5 %

0.161

.688

HIV Tested

41

62.1 %

90

68.7 %

0.583

.445

Slept Under an ITN

66

95.7 %

131

97.0 %

0.012

.914

ITN was intact

43

65.2 %

86

66.2 %

0.000

1.000

Family Planning

110

28.4 %

173

44.8 %

21.920

.000