Table 3.
Maternal health service and health literacy communication related 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 (%) |
|
| Number of ever born children | ||||
| 1–2 children | 32 (2.6) | 64 (5.3) | 1112 (92.1) | 1208 (100) |
| 3–4 children | 37 (3.0) | 72 (5.8) | 1143 (91.3) | 1252 (100) |
| > = 5 children | 61 (3.0) | 100 (4.9) | 1870 (92.1) | 2031 (100) |
| Number of living children | ||||
| 4 and bellow | 77 (2.8) | 158 (5.7) | 2536 (91.5) | 2771 (100) |
| 5 and above | 53 (3.1) | 78 (4.5) | 1589 (92.4) | 1720 (100) |
| Ever used anything to delay pregnancy | ||||
| No | 53 (1.9) | 88 (3.1) | 2683 (95.0) | 2824 (100) |
| Used outside calendar | 8 (6.2) | 13 (10.1) | 108 (83.7) | 129 (100) |
| Used in calendar | 69 (4.5) | 135 (8.8) | 1334 (86.7) | 1538 (100) |
| Wanted pregnancy when become pregnant | ||||
| Then | 96 (2.7) | 159 (4.4) | 3350 (92.9) | 36.5 (100) |
| Later | 28 (4.9) | 53 (9.2) | 495 (85.9) | 576 (100) |
| No more | 6 (1.9) | 24 (7.7) | 280 (90.3) | 310 (100) |
| Number of ANC Visits | ||||
| No ANC visit | 25 (1.1) | 55 (2.4) | 2229 (96.5) | 2309 (100) |
| 1–3 visits | 58 (4.6) | 76 (6.0) | 1137 (89.5) | 1137 (89.5) |
| > =4 visits | 47 (5.2) | 105 (11.5) | 759 (83.3) | 911 (100) |
| Told about pregnancy danger signs | ||||
| Have no ANC visit | 24 (1.0) | 55 (2.4) | 2219 (96.6) | 2298 (100) |
| Not told | 50 (3.6) | 89 (6.3) | 1264 (90.1) | 1403 (100) |
| Told | 56 (7.1) | 92 (11.6) | 642 (81.3) | 790 (100) |
| Told about birth preparedness plan | ||||
| No ANC visit (N/A) | 24 (1.0) | 55 (2.4) | 2219 (96.6) | 2298 (100) |
| No | 41 (3.4) | 66 (5.5) | 1102 (91.1) | 1209 (100) |
| Yes | 65 (6.6) | 115 (11.7) | 804 (81.7) | 984 (100) |
| Size of newborn at birth | ||||
| Larger than average | 35 (2.8) | 61 (4.9) | 1144 (92.3) | 1240 (100) |
| Average | 59 (3.1) | 105 (5.6) | 1720 (91.3) | 1184 (100) |
| Small than average | 36 (2.6) | 70 (5.1) | 1261 (92.2) | 1367 (100) |
| Ever heard of fistula | ||||
| No | 77 (2.3) | 143 (4.4) | 3062 (93.3) | 3282 (100) |
| Yes | 53 (4.4) | 93 (7.7) | 1063 (87.9) | 1209 (100) |
| Owns mobile telephone | ||||
| No | 113 (2.9) | 190 (4.8) | 3644 (92.3) | 3947 (100) |
| Yes | 17 (3.1) | 46 (8.5) | 481 (88.4) | 544 (100) |
| Frequency of listing to radio | ||||
| Not at all | 94 (2.5) | 165 (4.5) | 3448 (93.0) | 3707 (100) |
| Less than once a week | 19 (4.6) | 34 (8.2) | 361 (87.2) | 414 (100) |
| At least once a week | 17 (4.6) | 37 (10.0) | 316 (85.4) | 370 (100) |
N/A Not Applicable