| Demographic Characteristics of the respondents |
Institutional |
Home delivery |
| Frequency |
Percentage |
Frequency |
Percentage |
| Age group χ2 = 6.479, p = .091 |
| Up to 20 |
11 |
45.8 |
13 |
54.2 |
| 21- 30 |
21 |
36.8 |
36 |
63.2 |
| 31-40 |
2 |
11.8 |
15 |
88.2 |
| Above 40 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
100 |
| Education χ2 = 19.439, p < .000 |
| Illiterate |
2 |
7.4 |
25 |
92.6 |
| Primary level |
10 |
32.3 |
21 |
67.7 |
| Secondary level |
11 |
40.7 |
16 |
59.3 |
| SLC and above level |
11 |
73.3 |
4 |
26.7 |
| Occupation χ2 = 16.468, p = .001 |
| Agriculture |
13 |
24.5 |
40 |
75.5 |
| Housewife |
10 |
40 |
15 |
60 |
| Wages labour |
4 |
26.7 |
11 |
73.3 |
| Services |
7 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
| Husband occupation χ2 = 12.047, p = .017 |
| Agriculture |
9 |
28.1 |
23 |
71.9 |
| Services |
17 |
58.6 |
12 |
41.4 |
| Business |
1 |
20 |
4 |
80 |
| Wages labour |
4 |
16.7 |
20 |
83.3 |
| Foreign employment |
3 |
30 |
7 |
70 |
| Religion χ2 = .965, p = .617 |
| Hindu |
17 |
35.4 |
31 |
64.6 |
| Buddhist |
11 |
28.9 |
27 |
71.1 |
| Christian |
6 |
42.9 |
8 |
57.1 |
| Ethnicity χ2 = 3.315, p = .191 |
| Brahmin & Chhetri |
16 |
45.7 |
19 |
54.3 |
| Ethnic group |
13 |
28.3 |
33 |
71.7 |
| Schedule cast |
5 |
26.3 |
14 |
73.7 |
| Household Income χ2 = 14.557, p = .001 |
| Up to 5000 |
12 |
20 |
48 |
80 |
| 5001 to 10000 |
12 |
48 |
13 |
52 |
| Above 10001 |
10 |
66.7 |
5 |
33.3 |
| Type of family P = .791 |
| Nuclear |
14 |
32.6 |
29 |
67.4 |
| Joint |
20 |
35.1 |
37 |
64.9 |
| Number of ANC visit χ2 = 3.351, p = .067 |
| Up to 4 times |
32 |
76.2 |
10 |
23.8 |
| Less than 3 times |
24 |
41.4 |
34 |
58.6 |
