Table 2.

Age at first marriage and pregnancy, BPACR, skill attendance utilization, counseling and duration of last labor in Gura Dhamole woreda, Bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia, April, 2017

Variables	Response	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Age at first marriage	<  18 yrs	268	69.3
Above	18 years and	119	30.7
Age at first pregnancy	< 20 yrs	325	84
	≥ 20 years	62	16
Gravidity	1	65	16.8
	2–4	151	39
	5 and above	171	44.2
Parity	1	67	17.3
	2–4	159	41.1
	5 and above	161	41.6
Ever had history of abortion	Yes	66	17.1
	No	321	82.9
Ever had history of still birth	Yes	36	9.3
	No	351	90.7
Last pregnancy planned	Yes	174	45
	No	213	55
ANC visit during last pregnancy	Yes	289	74.7
	No	98	25.3
ANC Frequency(n = 289)	<  4 visit	178	61.6
	4 and above	111	38.4
Counselled on Place of delivery during ANC visit(n = 289)	Yes	262	90.7
	No	27	9.3
Ever used HF for delivery service before last child birth(n = 320)	Yes	82	25.6
	No	238	74.4
BPACR (arrangement) taken	Identified place of delivery	223	57.6
	Identified place of delivery Identified skilled provider	116	30
	Saved money	212	54.8
	Identified means of emergency transport	37	9.6
	Arranged a blood donor for emergency	18	4.7
	Identified emergency signs	33	8.5
	Identified HI with 24 h EmOC	45	11.6
No of BPACR actions or arrangements taken	0	49	12.7
	1	118	30.5
	Well prepared(≥ 2 arrangements)	220	56.8
	Not well prepared(< 2 arrangement)	167	43.2
Place of delivery in the last 24 months	Health centre	101	26.1
	Hospital/ Health post	22	5.7
	Home	264	68.2
Assistance during health centre and hospital delivery	Mid wives	94	83.2
	Nurses /Health officers /Doctors	19	16.8
Duration of last labour	<  12 h	368	95.1
	≥12 h	19	4.9