| dc.description.abstract | The study was carried out in order to identify determinants of place of delivery among
mothers in Kigungub Entebbe health sub district in Wakiso district.
The general objective of the study was the place of delivery of rural mothers. The specific
objectives were to determine social demographic factors, maternal factors, cultural factors and
health related factors that influence place of delivery among rural mothers in Wakiso district.
The study was carried out in Kigungu community, Entebbe health sub district Wakiso district. This is mainly a rural area and it was assumed that mothers here do not deliver in health units for unknown reasons. The district has 7 health sub districts of which only one health sub district was chosen using the simple random method (fish bowl method) as the study area.
It was a cross sectional study involving 374 mothers who had delivered a baby in the last 2 years preceding the study and were found living in Kigungu regardless of their duration of stay in the area. The mothers were identified using the snowball method of sampling.
Data was collected using an interviewer administered questionnaire to the mothers by the researcher together with the help of research assistants. Data was then coded, cleaned and entered into the computer using EPI-DATA version 3.1 and analysis done using EXCEL 2003/7 and SPSS version 18. Data was presented using frequency distribution, and cross tabulations and
statistical tests such as chi square run.
The study revealed that the mothers in Wakiso district, the majority of them were 30 years and below (75.4%), married 69.3%, Catholics 35.3%, 42.8% had primary as their highest level of education and 46.8% had either 1 or 2 children. Eighty nine percent of the mothers reported to have delivered in health units while 84% of them went for ante natal care services.
Among the determinants of place of delivery in Kigungu village were social demographic factors like parity and religion with p value of 0.001 < the level of sighficance 0.05. Mother’s culture and health workers’ competence were signficant in determing place of delivery with p value of 0.001 < the level of signficance 0.05. Age did not have any significant influence on the
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