Table 2.

Knowledge of respondents about preparation for birth and its complication, Goba woreda, Ethiopia, April, 2013

S. No	Variable	Frequency	Percent (N = 474)
1	Identify place of delivery	214	45.1
2	Save money	330	69.6
3	Prepare essential items for clean delivery & post partum period	415	87.6
4	Identify skilled provider	34	7.2
5	Being aware of the signs of an emergency & the need to act immediately	16	3.4
6	Designating decision maker on her	4	0.8
7	Arranging a way to communicate with a source of help	33	2.7
8	Arranging emergency funds	67	5.5
9	Identify a mode of transportation	25	5.3
10	Arranging blood donors	15	3.2
11	Identifying the nearest institution that has24 hours functioning EmOC services	58	12.2

N.B. This cannot be sum up to 100% because multiple responses were possible.