| Acceptability of CS | ||||
| Variables | Category | Acceptable, N = 121 n (%) | Unacceptable, N = 299 n (%) | P-value |
| Age in years | Median (IQR) | 31 (28, 35) | 30 (26.0, 36) | 0.216w |
| Time to recover | Median (IQR) | 4 (4.0, 8.0) | 8 (4, 10) | 0.155w |
| Marital status | Married | 114 (94) | 237 (79) | < 0.001c |
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| Unmarried | 7 (5.8) | 62 (21) |
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| Religious affiliation | Christianity | 119 (98) | 289 (97) | 0.864f |
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| Others | 2 (2) | 10 (3) |
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| Highest education attained | Low | 38 (31) | 157 (53) | < 0.001c |
| High | 83 (69) | 142 (47) |
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| Area of residence | Low density | 12 (9.9) | 15 (5.0) | 0.018c |
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| Medium density | 76 (63) | 164 (55) |
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| High density | 33 (27) | 120 (40) |
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| Employment status | Formal | 55 (45) | 129 (43) | < 0.001c |
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| Informal | 28 (23) | 120 (40) |
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| Unemployed | 38 (31) | 50 (17) |
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| Economic status | High | 52 (43) | 131 (44) | 0.875c |
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| Low | 69 (57) | 168 (56) |
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| Parity | No children | 38 (31) | 76 (25) | 0.008f |
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| 1 - 3 Children | 77 (64) | 175 (59) |
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| 4 or more children | 6 (5.0) | 48 (16) |
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| Gravid | Primigravid | 32 (26) | 68 (23) | 0.166c |
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| 2 - 4 pregnancies | 72 (60) | 165 (55) |
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| Over 4 pregnancies | 17 (14) | 66 (22) |
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| Gestation age | 1st trimester | 6 (5.0) | 21 (7.0) | 0.713f |
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| 2nd trimester | 30 (25) | 76 (25) |
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| 3rd trimester | 85 (70) | 202 (68) |
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| Previous caesarean delivery | No | 80 (66) | 227 (76) | 0.040c |
| Yes | 41 (34) | 72 (24) |
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| Type of caesarean | Emergency | 33 (80) | 48 (67) | 0.117c |
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| Planned | 8 (20) | 24 (33) |
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| Knowledge on CS | High | 92 (76) | 140 (47) | < 0.001c |
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| Low | 5 (4.1) | 72 (24) |
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| Medium | 24 (20) | 87 (29) |
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| Attitude towards CS | Negative | 28 (23) | 175 (59) | < 0.001c |
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| Positive | 93 (77) | 124 (41) |
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