Table 2.
Healthcare service utilisation related characteristics of mothers with children aged 12–23 months in Ethiopia, 2019 (n=1008)
Number of ANC visits | ||
None | 245 | 24.31 |
1–3 times | 313 | 31.05 |
4 and above | 450 | 44.64 |
Place of delivery | ||
Home | 445 | 44.15 |
Health facility | 563 | 55.85 |
PNC service | ||
No | 836 | 86.01 |
Yes | 136 | 13.99 |
Sex of child | ||
Male | 507 | 50.30 |
Female | 501 | 49.70 |
Birth order number | ||
1st born | 229 | 22.72 |
2nd–3rd | 372 | 36.90 |
4th–5th | 204 | 20.24 |
6th and above | 203 | 20.14 |
Presence of vaccination document | ||
No | 285 | 28.27 |
Yes | 723 | 71.73 |
Preceding birth order | ||
<24 months | 186 | 18.45 |
24–48 | 357 | 35.42 |
48 and above | 465 | 46.13 |
Received vitamin A1 | ||
No | 410 | 40.67 |
Yes | 598 | 59.33 |
Total children ever born | ||
1–3 | 598 | 59.33 |
4–6 | 278 | 27.58 |
7 and above | 132 | 13.10 |
Number of children <5 years in household | ||
≤2 | 888 | 88.10 |
>2 | 120 | 11.90 |
ANC, antenatal care; PNC, postnatal care.