Table 2.

Percentage distribution of women by use of early postnatal care (UDHS 2016)

Characteristic	Frequency (n = 5471)	Attended PNC within 2 days (n = 2711)	p-value
Mother’s age
15–19	651	328 (50.4)	0.202
20–24	1679	834 (49.7)
25–29	1327	672 (50.7)
30–34	964	494 (51.2)
35–49	851	382 (44.9)
Residence
Urban	1077	676 (62.7)	< 0.001
Rural	4394	2035 (46.3)
Highest level of education
None	544	254 (46.8)	< 0.001
Primary	3393	1481 (43.7)
Secondary/higher	1534	976 (63.6)
Religion
Anglican	1702	801 (47.0)	0.002
Catholic	2095	1019 (48.6)
Muslim	803	465 (57.9)
Others	871	427 (49.0)
Wealth status
Poorest	1283	589 (45.7)	< 0.001
Poorer	1202	523 (43.5)
Middle	1049	469 (44.7)
Richer	967	482 (49.9)
Richest	964	648 (67.2)
Marital status
Unmarried	855	453 (52.9)	0.082
Married	4616	2258 (48.9)
Occupation
Not Working	1019	483 (47.5)	< 0.001
Professional employment	1954	1119 (57.3)
Agricultural employment	2494	1106 (44.4)
ANC attendance
4 or more visits	3257	1768 (54.3)	< 0.001
Less than 4 visits	2214	943 (42.6)
Place of delivery
Home/other	1390	127 (9.1)	< 0.001
Public facility	3222	2024 (62.8)
Private facility	860	561 (65.2)
Size of baby
Large	1391	714 (51.4)	0.252
Average	2840	1429 (50.3)
Small	1140	543 (47.6)
Birth order
First	1183	675 (57.1)	< 0.001
Second or third	1880	954 (50.8)
Fourth or fifth	1209	569 (47.1)
Sixth or more	1200	513 (42.8)
Perceived difficulty of distance to health facility
Problem	2280	976 (42.8)	< 0.001
Not a problem	3192	1735 (54.4)
Access to media messages
No	1810	746 (41.2)	< 0.001
Yes	3661	1965 (53.7)