Table 1.

Postnatal care use by background characteristics among women age 15–49 who had given birth in the 5 years preceding the survey, EDHS 2016

Background characteristics		Percentage of PNC use	Women PNC use (n)
			Weighted	Unweighted
Age (years)	15–19	4.4	338	358
	20–34	6.6	5291	5041
	35–49	5.8	1960	1794
Religion	Orthodox Christian	9.4	2882	2369
	Muslim	4.0	2824	3324
	Protestant	5.5	1652	1338
	Others*	0.9	232	162
Residence	Urban	12.1	969	1512
	Rural	5.5	6621	5681
Region	Tigray	15.6	538	772
	Afar	4.2	71	647
	Amhara	8.0	1633	764
	Oromia	3.6	3130	1031
	Somali	3.0	269	806
	Benishangul	7.4	81	576
	SNNPR	6.3	1601	893
	Gambella	4.8	21	534
	Harari	11.1	18	411
	Addis Ababa	13.6	198	375
	Dire Dawa	9.1	33	384
Maternal education	No education	4.8	4791	4359
	Primary	7.7	2150	1942
	Secondary	11.9	420	577
	Higher	13.5	229	315
Husband/partner’s education level	No education	4.9	3345	3136
	Primary	6.6	2731	2160
	Secondary	9.3	612	745
	Higher	10.9	376	569
	Don’t know	9.3	43	52
Wealth index	Poorest	3.1	1652	2428
	Poorer	3.9	1654	1179
	Middle	5.9	1588	1028
	Richer	8.3	1426	917
	Richest	11.8	1269	1641
ANC visit	No ANC visit	2.4	2818	2481
	ANC one to three visits	6.6	2342	2092
	ANC at least four visits	10.5	2429	2620
Place of delivery	Health facility	9.1	2408	2699
	Other than health facility	5.0	5181	4494
Sex of child	Male	5.8	3941	3718
	Female	6.8	3649	3475
Child wanted	Wanted then	5.9	5573	5741
	Wanted later	7.9	1321	991
	Wanted no more	6.0	695	461
Birth order	1	7.1	1434	1470
	2–3	7.2	2281	2217
	4–5	6.0	1752	1638
	6+	5.0	2122	1868

*Catholic, traditional and other unclassified.

ANC, antenatal care; EDHS, Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey; PNC, postnatal care; SNNPR, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region.