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. 2019 Nov 8;16:162. doi: 10.1186/s12978-019-0818-2

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of study women by place of postnatal care service utilization in Ethiopia, analysis from EDHS 2016

Variable Place of PNC Utilization
At Home
n (%)
At Health Facility
n (%)
Not utilized at all n (%) Total
N (%)
Age group
 15–24 years 27 (2.6) 48 (4.5) 980 (92.9) 1055 (100)
 25–34 years 70 (3.2) 120 (5.5) 2001 (91.3) 2191 (100)
 35–49 years 33 (2.7) 68 (5.5) 1144 (91.8) 1245 (100)
Marital status
 Married/lived w p. 123 (2.9) 216 (5.1) 3872 (91.6) 4211 (100)
 Others 7 (2.5) 20 (7.1) 253 (90.4) 280 (100)
Educational status
 Not Educated 91 (2.7) 149 (4.4) 3152 (92.9) 3392 (100)
 Primary and above 39 (3.5) 87 (7.9) 973 (88.5) 1099 (100)
Religion
 Orthodox Christian 40 (3.5) 103 (9.1) 991 (87.4) 1134 (100)
 Muslim 61 (2.6) 86 (3.7) 2166 (93.6) 2313 (100)
 Others 29 (2.8) 47 (4.5) 968 (92.7) 1044 (100)
Place of residence
 Urban 8 (3.1) 28 (10.9) 220 (85.9) 256 (100)
 Rural 122 (2.9) 208 (4.9) 3905 (92.2) 4235 (100)
Region
 Agrarian 62 (2.8) 149 (6.7) 2019 (90.5) 2230 (100)
 Pastoralists 52 (2.7) 65 (3.3) 1824 (94) 1941 (100)
 Urban administration 16 (5.0) 22 (6.9) 282 (88.1) 230 (100)
No family members
 1–4 33 (2.7) 68 (5.7) 1101 (91.6) 1202 (100)
 5–7 65 (2.9) 128 (5.8) 2023 (91.3) 2216 (100)
  > = 8 32 (3.0) 40 (3.7) 1001 (93.3) 1073 (100)
Sex of household head
 Male 106 (3.0) 192 (5.4) 3266 (91.6) 3564 (100)
 Female 24 (2.6) 44 (4.7) 859 (92.7) 927 (100)
Partner’s Educational level
 No education 56 (2.2) 109 (4.3) 2360 (93.5) 2525 (100)
 Primary 53 (4.0) 86 (6.5) 1180 (89.5) 1319 (100)
 Secondary and above 14 (3.8) 21 (5.7) 332 (90.5) 367 (100)

p partner, Educ Educational