The tyranny of distance: maternity waiting homes and access to birthing facilities in rural Timor-Leste
Kayli Wild, Lesley Barclay, Paul Kelly & Nelson Martins
Volume 90, Number 2, February 2012, 97-103
Table 3. Expected births and facility-based births, by distance from village of residence to maternity waiting home (MWH) in Manufahi and Lautem districts, Timor-Leste
| Distance from MWH (km) | No. of expected birthsa | Facility birthsb |
Pc | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % of expected births | |||
| Manufahi | ||||
| 0–5 | 592 | 137 | 23 | – |
| 6–25 | 574 | 29 | 5 | – |
| 26–50 | 237 | 1 | 0 | – |
| > 50 | 596 | 8 | 1 | – |
| Total | 2000 | 175 | 9 | 0.1096 |
| Lautem | ||||
| 0–5 | 682 | 316 | 46 | – |
| 6–25 | 720 | 124 | 17 | – |
| 26–50 | 1209 | 82 | 7 | – |
| > 50 | 458 | 10 | 2 | – |
| Total | 3069 | 532 | 17 | 0.045 |
a Based on 2007 population estimates.
b Facility births occurring from October 2006 to September 2007 in Same; facility births occurring from December 2006 to November 2007 in Lospalos.
c P-value based on Pearson’s χ2 test for trend with three degrees of freedom.