Table 3.
Prevalence of RMC services during labor and delivery, by Facility Type, Ethiopia 2014 (N = 240 observations)
| Total (n = 240) | Health Center (n = 175) | Hospital (n = 65) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider: | % | No. | % | % | |
| …receives and greets the pregnant women | 77 | 181 | 82 | 63 | 0.002* |
| Don’t know or missing | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| …explains each step of the examination to the women | 65 | 153 | 69 | 57 | 0.092 |
| Don’t know or missing | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| …encourages the women to ask questions | 39 | 90 | 44 | 26 | 0.015* |
| Don’t know or missing | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |
| …responds to a women/companion question politely | 72 | 167 | 74 | 68 | 0.328 |
| Don’t know or missing | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| …explains what will happen in labor to women | 81 | 188 | 78 | 88 | 0.107 |
| Don’t know or missing | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | |
| …encourages women to walk and change position | 69 | 162 | 73 | 59 | 0.027* |
| Don’t know or missing | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| …at least once ensures if she has taken light food | 83 | 193 | 87 | 73 | 0.011* |
| Don’t know or missing | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | |
| …asks women which position she would like to deliver | 29 | 68 | 33 | 20 | 0.052 |
| Don’t know or missing | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | |
| …allowed to give birth in the position she wants | 38 | 85 | 42 | 27 | 0.029* |
| Don’t know or missing | 6 | 15 | 8 | 2 | |
| Average number of RMC Practices performed | 66 | 5.9 | 69 | 59 | 0.007* |
*. P-value significant at 0.05 level