Statistical Treatment of Data Thesis on Where to Deliver a Baby

 

 FACTORS AFFECTING COMPLIANCE AND NON-COMPLIANCE TO FACILITY-BASED DELIVERY IN BARANGAY MAGDAUP, MUNICIPALITY OF IPIL

Statistical Treatment of Data

Frequency counting and percentage was used to describe the profile of the respondents in terms of age,civil status, religion,educational attainment, income and travel time from home to the nearest facility.

                        P= F/N × 100

Where:  P= Percentage

F= Frequency

N= total number of respondents

Weighted mean was used to determine the factors affecting compliance to facility-based delivery along with emotional factors, financial factors, psychological factors, social factors, and socio-demographic factors.

In order to draw the weighted mean value, the formula used was:

            WM = ∑fx

 --------     

N

Where:    WM =weighted mean

             ∑fx = summation of weighted frequencies

N = total number of respondents.

Moreover, to analyzed if there a significant difference in the factors affecting compliant and non-compliant mother in facility–based delivery when grouped according to profile, chi-square test was used.

The data collected was encoded and analyzed using Microsoft Excel data analysis and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 23). Statistical test were performed at 0.05 level of significance

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