Table 2.
Obstetric characteristics of mothers indexed infants on SSC practice status during postpartum stay at public health institutions in four selected cities post-natal units, Ethiopia, 2016/17
| Variables | Frequency | Percent | SSC status (N = 384) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 108) | No (n = 276) | |||||
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Type of current pregnancy | ||||||
| Wanted/planned | 315 | 82.0 | 99 | 31.4 | 216 | 68.6 |
| Unwanted/unplanned | 69 | 18.0 | 9 | 13.0 | 60 | 87.0 |
| ANC follow up | ||||||
| Yes | 348 | 90.6 | 107 | 30.7 | 241 | 69.3 |
| No | 36 | 9.4 | 1 | 2.8 | 35 | 97.2 |
| Number of ANC visits | ||||||
| One | 17 | 4.4 | 1 | 5.9 | 16 | 94.1 |
| Two | 32 | 8.3 | 7 | 21.9 | 25 | 78.1 |
| Three | 67 | 17.4 | 15 | 22.4 | 52 | 77.6 |
| Four | 232 | 60.4 | 84 | 36.2 | 148 | 63.8 |
| GA (gestational age) | ||||||
| < 37 weeks | 9 | 2.3 | 7 | 77.8 | 2 | 22.2 |
| 37–42 weeks | 375 | 97.7 | 101 | 26.9 | 274 | 73.1 |
| Parity | ||||||
| Primi para | 139 | 36.2 | 47 | 33.8 | 92 | 66.2 |
| Multi para | 245 | 63.8 | 61 | 24.9 | 184 | 75.1 |
| Current birth attendant | ||||||
| Midwife | 274 | 71.4 | 88 | 32.1 | 186 | 67.9 |
| Nurse | 30 | 7.8 | 6 | 20.0 | 24 | 80.0 |
| Doctor | 25 | 6.5 | 6 | 24.0 | 19 | 76.0 |
| Health officer | 55 | 14.3 | 8 | 14.5 | 47 | 85.5 |
| Mode of delivery | ||||||
| Normal SVD | 292 | 76.0 | 103 | 35.3 | 189 | 64.7 |
| Assisted delivery | 66 | 17.2 | 5 | 7.6 | 61 | 92.4 |
| Abdominally (C/S) | 26 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 100.0 |
| Time after delivery | ||||||
| < 6 h | 295 | 76.8 | 77 | 26.1 | 218 | 73.9 |
| 6–12 h | 50 | 13.0 | 16 | 32.0 | 34 | 68.0 |
| > 12 h | 39 | 10.2 | 15 | 38.5 | 24 | 61.5 |