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Table 4 Bivariate relationship between Postpartum Care and Perceived Social Support by subscale

From: Relationship between perceived social support and postpartum care attendance in three Latin American countries: a cross-sectional analytic study

Women centered variables

Postpartum Care n (%)

OR

95% C.I.

Sig.

 

N

Yes

No

Lower

Upper

PSS Friends

1167

       

 Lower than the mean

520

103 (50.7)

417 (43.3)

Referent

    

 Mean and Higher

647

100 (49.3)

547 (56.7)

1.4

1.0

1.8

0.052

 

PSS Significant Other

1180

       

 Lower than the mean

607

131 (63.6)

476 (48.9)

Referent

    

 Mean and Higher

573

75 (36.4)

498 (51.1)

1.8

1.3

2.5

0.001

*

PSS Family

1161

       

 Lower than the mean

668

145 (70.4)

523 (54.8)

Referent

    

 Mean and Higher

493

61 (29.6)

432 (45.2)

2.0

1.4

2.7

0.001

*

PSS Total

1124

       

 Lower than the mean

581

127 (63.8)

454 (49.1)

Referent

    

 Mean and Higher

543

72 (36.2)

471 (50.9)

1.8

1.3

2.5

0.001

*

  1. * p < 0.05