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Table 4 Comparison of child and maternal health factors between births before and after the implementation of FHCI within each region; riverine and mainland

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

Pre-FHCI

Post-FHCI

Chi-squared

p-value

n

%

n

%

Fully immunised

 Riverine

 Mainland

686

273

413

89.7 %

86.4 %

92.0 %

267

120

147

86.1 %

81.6 %

90.2 %

2.413

1.420

0.293

.120

.233

.588

SBA

 Riverine

 Mainland

235

161

236

48.4 %

50.5 %

51.6 %

395

74

159

56.3 %

44.3 %

64.9 %

2.930

1.427

10.859

.087

.232

.001

TBA

 Riverine

 Mainland

247

154

229

50.8 %

48.3 %

50.1 %

312

93

83

44.4 %

55.7 %

33.9 %

4.496

2.122

16.368

.034

.145

.000

Health Centre Delivery

 Riverine

 Mainland

212

143

218

43.6 %

44.8 %

47.7 %

368

69

150

52.4 %

41.3 %

61.2 %

4.479

.416

11.157

.034

.519

.001