Table 2.
Percent distribution of the respondents by seeking health care assistance to the complication faced last in the recent pregnancy, Arba Minch Zuria district, south west Ethiopia, 2014
| Characteristics | Seeking health care assistance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skilled assistancea | Unskilled assistanceb | No-assistancec (self-care) | Total | ||
| n = 254 (73.8 %) | n = 58 (16.9 %) | N = 32 (9.3 %) | n = 344 (100 %) | ||
| Age (years) | 15–19 | 30 (8.7) | 4 (1.2) | 2 (0.6) | 36 (10.5) |
| 20–34 | 206 (59.9) | 42 (12.2) | 24 (7) | 272 (79.1) | |
| 35–49 | 18 (5.2) | 12 (3.5) | 6 (1.7) | 36 (10.4) | |
| Birth order | 1 | 62 (18) | 12 (3.5) | 4 (1.2) | 78 (22.7) |
| 2–3 | 122 (35.5) | 26 (7.5) | 18 (5.2) | 166 (48.2) | |
| 4–5 | 52 (15.1) | 16 (4.7) | 2 (0.6) | 70 (20.4) | |
| 6+ | 18 (5.2) | 4 (1.2) | 8 (2.3) | 30 (8.7) | |
| Family monthly income ($US) | <25 | 84 (24.4) | 26 (7.6) | 18 (5.2) | 128 (37.2) |
| 25–100 | 146 (42.4) | 18 (5.2) | 12 (3.5) | 176 (51.1) | |
| >100 | 24 (7) | 14 (4.1) | 2 (0.6) | 40 (11.7) | |
| Women education | No education | 66 (19.2) | 12 (3.5) | 8 (2.3) | 86 (25.0) |
| Primary | 134 (38.9) | 44 (12.8) | 16 (4.7) | 194 (56.4) | |
| Secondary | 34 (9.9) | 2 (.6) | 8 (2.3) | 44 (12.8) | |
| College/university | 20 (5.8) | 0 (00.0) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (5.8) | |
| Knowledge complications | Yes | 188 (54.6) | 28 (8.2) | 22 (6.4) | 238 (69.2) |
| No | 66 (19.2) | 30 (8.7) | 10 (2.9) | 106 (30.8) | |
N.B: askilled assistance may include unskilled, bassisted by HEWs, TBAs and other unskilled Health worker, chad home based self –care, left unassisted at all, home assisted by husband