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Table 2 Percentage of observed counseling on obstetric danger signs, and percentage of women reporting receiving the counseling, together with reported percent agreement and Cohen’s κ statistics in each province of the DRC

From: Awareness of obstetric danger signs among pregnant women in the Democratic Republic of Congo: evidence from a nationwide cross-sectional study

Province of residence

Providers observed counseling on danger signs % (95% CI)

Women reported receiving the counseling %(95% CI)

Percent agreement on counselinga

Percent of positive agreement on counselingb

Cohen's κ

Bandundu

9.5 (5.9–14.7)

14.9 (9.4–22.8)

79.9 (71.2–86.5)

2.1 (1.0–4.5)

0.052

Bas Congo

34.2 (14.2–62.1)

38.9 (18.8–63.6)

75.0 (62.1–84.6)

24.1 (6.7–58.3)

0.387

Equateur

22.1 (16.2–29.3)

26.6 (21.6–32.4)

68.7 (61.7–74.9)

8.7 (5.7–13.0)

0.174

Kasai Occidental

30.9 (19.6–45.2)

14.5 (8.2–24.3)

62.2 (50.6–72.6)

3.9 (1.5–9.7)

− 0.107

Kasai Oriental

16.0 (9.9–24.7)

10.8 (6.1–18.4)

78.5 (69.3–85.5)

2.6 (1.2–5.8)

0.106

Katanga

31.1 (22.9–40.6)

25.6 (17.2–36.3)

69.2 (60.9–76.5)

12.9 (7.3–22.0)

0.235

Kinshasa

14.9 (8.9–24.0)

24.1 (16.1–34.5)

70.7 (61.1–78.7)

4.8 (2.6–8.7)

0.069

Maniema

42.8 (23.4–64.6)

35.3 (25.0–47.2)

65.4 (50.4–77.9)

21.8 (10.2–40.4)

0.326

Nord Kivu

69.8 (55.7–80.9)

37.9 (24.5–53.5)

57.8 (44.6–69.9)

32.7 (19.8–48.9)

0.238

Sud Kivu

59.3 (43.7–73.2)

44.2 (27.4–62.4)

75.8 (65.1–84.0)

39.7 (23.9–57.9)

0.383

Oriental

21.0 (13.8–30.7)

19.2 (13.5–26.6)

70.9 (62.3–78.1)

5.5 (2.9–10.2)

0.168

Overall

34.7 (30.7–38.9)

28.4 (24.1–33.1)

70.7 (67.5–73.7)

16.9 (13.0–21.6)

0.219

  1. aAgreement between the observation of counseling on danger signs and the woman’s report in the exit interview
  2. bBoth the observation of ANC consultation and woman’s report agreed that the counseling was performed