Pregnant rural mothers prefer delivery at home: Study
Pregnant mothers living in rural areas prefer delivery at home than at hospital due to influence of their senior family members, trained birth attendants and close neighbours, says a recent study.
“A significant number (77.06 percent) showed preference for home delivery while 22.94 percent went for hospital delivery,” the study said.
A group of Chittagong Medical College students under Department of Community Medicine recently conducted the study at Mirsarai of Chittagong under Residential Field Side Training programme.
The study revealed that majority of the respondents were between 25 and 29 years (40 percent), receiving education up to secondary level (32.94 percent) and belonged to lower middle socio-economic status (53.30 percent).
It mentioned that some 23.53 percent of respondents were illiterate with 21.77 percent preferring home delivery. “64.7 percent were those who became pregnant for the first time between 16 to 20 years,” quoted the study.
The study said among 170 respondents, 42.94 percent of the mothers had two children below five years.
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