Table 2.
Pregnancy and child birth history of respondents at Burie District, Amhara Region, North West Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 681).
| S.N | Variables | Frequency | Percent | |
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| 1 | No of pregnancies (n = 681) | 1-2 | 304 | 44.6 |
| 3-4 | 253 | 37.2 | ||
| 5-6 | 101 | 14.8 | ||
| >6 | 23 | 3.4 | ||
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| 2 | No of live births (n = 681) | 1-2 | 317 | 46.5 |
| 3-4 | 256 | 37.6 | ||
| 5-6 | 89 | 13.1 | ||
| >6 | 19 | 2.8 | ||
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| 3 | No of alive children (n = 681) | 1-2 | 323 | 47.4 |
| 3-4 | 254 | 37.3 | ||
| 5-6 | 90 | 13.2 | ||
| >6 | 14 | 2.1 | ||
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| 4 | History of pregnancy within one year of birth before the index birth (n = 681) | Yes | 49 | 7.2 |
| No | 632 | 92.8 | ||
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| 5 | Reasons to become pregnant within one year before the index birth (n = 49) | Need of another child | 11 | 22.45 |
| Husband disapproval to use modern FP | 26 | 53.06 | ||
| Menses not returned to start modern FP | 5 | 10.2 | ||
| Sex preference | 7 | 14.29 | ||
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| 6 | Outcome of previous pregnancy (n = 49) | Terminated by medical abortion | 14 | 28.58 |
| Terminated spontaneously | 5 | 10.2 | ||
| Born alive | 30 | 61.22 | ||
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| 7 | Current ANC follow up (n = 681) | Yes | 67 | 9.8 |
| No | 614 | 90.2 | ||
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| 8 | Status of the current pregnancy (n = 67) | Wanted | 8 | 11.9 |
| Unwanted | 24 | 35.8 | ||
| Planned | 3 | 4.5 | ||
| Unplanned | 32 | 47.8 | ||
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| 9 | Time in which pregnancy occurred after the index birth (n = 67) | <3 months | 3 | 4.5 |
| 3-6 months | 2 | 3.0 | ||
| 6-9 months | 8 | 11.9 | ||
| 9-12 months | 54 | 80.6 | ||
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| 10 | Reasons to be pregnant currently (n = 67) | FP method failure | 2 | 2.98 |
| Need of another child | 10 | 14.91 | ||
| Husband disapproval to use modern FP | 22 | 32.8 | ||
| Menses not returned to start modern FP | 33 | 49.3 | ||
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| 11 | No of children you want to have in life (n = 681) | 1 | 8 | 1.2 |
| 2-3 | 82 | 12 | ||
| 4-5 | 385 | 56.53 | ||
| 6-7 | 191 | 28 | ||
| >7 | 15 | 2.2 | ||