Characteristic

N

Do you currently use herbal medicine

Test statistic

Yes

n (%)

No

n (%)

Age of mother (years)

18-30

213

133 (62.4%)

80 (37.6%)

Fisher's Exact Test = 27.8, p < 0.001

31-40

171

142 (83.0%)

29 (17.0%)

41-50

16

16 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Religion of mother

Christianity

81

81 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Fisher's Exact Test = 54.9, p < 0.001

Islam

285

189 (66.3%)

96 (33.7%)

ATR

34

21 (61.8%)

13 (38.2%)

Mothers’ education

None

268

191 (71.3%)

77 (28.7%)

Fisher's Exact Test = 51.6, p < 0.001

Low (Primary & JHS)

66

66 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

High (At least SHS)

66

34 (51.5%)

32 (48.5%)

Employment status

Employed

317

256 (80.8%)

61 (19.2%)

χ² = 49.4; p < 0.001

Unemployed

83

35 (42.2%)

48 (57.8%)

Income per month

Less than GH 100

153

121 (79.1%)

32 (20.9%)

Fisher's Exact Test = 16.1, p < 0.001

GH 101-300

229

152 (66.4%)

77 (33.6%)

GH 301-500

18

18 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Health Sub-district

Daboya

155

98 (63.2%)

57 (36.8%)

χ² = 19.8; p < 0.001

Mankarigu

55

45 (81.8%)

10 (18.2%)

Bawena

55

35 (63.6%)

20 (36.4%)

Lingbinsi

135

113 (83.7%)

22 (16.3%)

Health care provider during pregnancy

Modern hospitals

364

255 (70.1%)

109 (29.9%)

Fisher's Exact Test = 14.8, p < 0.001

Birth attendants

36

36 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Medical doctor referred woman to use herbal medicine

Yes

45

16 (35.6%)

29 (64.4%)

χ² = 35.4; p < 0.001

No

355

275 (77.5%)

80 (22.5%)

Had side effects with the conventional medicines prescribed by a medical doctor?

Yes

104

104 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Fisher's Exact Test = 52.6, p < 0.001

No

296

187 (63.2%)

109 (36.8%)

Classification of parity

1-2

181

104 (57.5%)

77 (42.5%)

χ² = 43.2; p < 0.001

3-4

152

136 (89.5%)

16 (10.5%)

> 4

67

51 (76.1%)

16 (23.9%)