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. 2016 Jul 7;16:149. doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-0940-x

Table 2.

Delivery Services Utilizations in Abuna Gindeberet district, West Shewa Zone, Oromiya Region, Central Ethiopia, March 2013

Variables Alternatives Number (n = 703) Percent (%)
Place of delivery 1. Home 602 85.6
2. Health center and Hospital 34 4.9
3. Health post 67 9.5
Person assisted for home delivery 1. Mother-in-law 214 35.5
2. Relatives/neighbors 109 18.1
3. Mother 138 22.9
4. Health extension workers 51 8.5
5. Health professionals 7 1.2
6. Traditional birth attendant 83 13.8
Reason for home delivery 1. Facility not opens regularly 52 8.7
2. Poor quality service of HFs 76 12.6
3. Need to be with relatives 169 28
4. Previous home deliver was normal 261 43.4
5. I was told my pregnancy is normal 44 7.3
Reason for delivering at health facility 1. Need better service 23 22.8
2. Bad outcome with previous home deliver. 44 43.6
3. Difficulty during labor. 29 28.7
4. Others 5 4.9
Decision maker at home 1. The mother herself 79 11.3
2. Her husband 61 8.7
3. Both of them 563 80.0
Place of delivery for the next newborn 1. At home 193 27.5
2. Traditional birth attendant 12 1.7
3. Health institutions 498 70.8