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Table 2 Characteristics of women enrolled into Mobile Midwife from October 2011 to September 2014 in five districts

From: Mobile Technology for Community Health in Ghana: what happens when technical functionality threatens the effectiveness of digital health programs?

 

Total

Ada East

April 2013-Sept 2014

Ada West

April 2013-Sep-14

Awutu Senya East

July 2011-Sep-14

Awutu Senya West

July 2011-Sept 2014

Gomoa West

April 2013-Sep-14

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Pregnant women

N=

7,370

N=

561

N=

303

N=

1,590

N=

1,323

N=

3,593

 Gestational age at enrolment

n=

6,607

n=

459

n=

266

n=

1,449

n=

1,142

n=

3,291

  1st Trimester

1478

22.4%

125

27.2%

99

37.20%

224

15.5%

226

20.0%

804

24.4%

  2nd Trimester

3,498

52.9%

246

53.6%

137

51.50%

830

57.3%

634

55.5%

1651

50.2%

  3rd Trimester

1,631

24.7%

88

19.2%

30

11.30%

395

27.3%

282

24.7%

836

25.4%

 Phone Ownership

n=

5,932

n=

501

n=

259

n=

1,478

n=

1,023

n=

2,671

  Shared

872

14.7%

111

22.2%

71

27.4%

112

7.6%

191

18.7%

387

14.5%

  Private

5,060

85.3%

390

77.8%

188

72.6%

1,366

92.4%

832

81.3%

2,284

85.5%

 Number of previous children

n=

6,918

n=

501

n=

281

n=

1,506

n=

1,199

n=

3,431

  None

1,988

28.7%

142

28.3%

79

28.1%

449

29.8%

357

29.8%

961

28.0%

  One

1,680

24.3%

106

21.2%

67

23.8%

390

25.9%

289

24.1%

828

24.1%

  2 or more

3,250

47.0%

253

50.5%

135

48.0%

667

44.3%

553

46.1%

1642

47.9%

Postpartum

N=

14,867

N=

1,454

N=

1,971

N=

2,302

N=

3,693

N=

5,447

 Age at enrollment

n=

14,843

n=

1,454

n=

1,971

n=

2,300

n=

3,693

n=

5,425

  Less than 6 weeks

3,567

24.0%

215

14.8%

460

23.3%

317

13.8%

1134

30.7%

1441

26.6%

  7 weeks-6 months postpartum

7,496

50.5%

786

54.1%

962

48.8%

1373

59.7%

1744

47.2%

2,631

48.5%

  6-12 months postpartum

3,780

25.5%

453

31.2%

549

27.9%

610

26.5%

815

22.1%

1,353

24.9%

 Phone ownership

n=

10,680

n=

1,259

n=

1,560

n=

1,835

n=

2,111

n=

3,915

  Shared

2,429

22.7%

327

26.0%

348

22.3%

370

20.2%

577

27.3%

807

20.6%

  Private

8,251

77.3%

932

74.0%

1212

77.7%

1,465

79.8%

1,534

72.7%

3,108

79.4%