Table 1.

Socio-demographic, pregnancy characteristics among postpartum women (n = 334)

Variables	n %		Variables	n %	Variables	n %
Age (Years)		Economic status			Length of stay in labour (Hour)
18–25	132 (39.5)	Low		24 (7.2)	5 and below	146 (43.7)
26–35	161 (48.5)	Moderate		256 (76.6)	6–10	109 (32.6)
36 and above	41 (12.3)	High		54 (16.2)	11 and above	79 (23.6)
Work status		Husband’s education			Gestational age at childbirth (week)
Homemaker		Elementary and lower		65 (19.5)	Lower than 38	79 (23.7)
Employed	319 (95.5)	Intermediate		72 (21.6)	38 and higher	255 (76.3)
Education	15 (4.5)	High school		132 (39.5)	Gravid
Elementary and lower	58 (17.4)	University		65 (19.5)	One	141 (42.2)
Intermediate	79 (23.7)	Number of healthcare providers			Two	113 (33.8)
High school	146 (43.7)	One		42 (12.6)	Three	55 (16.5)
University	51 (15.3)	Two		77 (53.0)	Four and above	25 (7.5)
Husband’s age (Years)		3 and above		115 (34.4)	Abortion history
18–25	38 (11.4)	Birth attendant			No abortion	259 (77.5)
26–35	196 (58.7)	Midwife		77(23.1)	One	60 (18.0)
36 and above	100 (29.9)	Obstetrician (resident or on call)		199 (59.6)	Two and above	15 (4.5)
Husband’s Job		Student (midwifery or intern)		16 (4.8)	Marital satisfaction	300 (98.8)
Unemployed	12 (3.6)	Personal physician or midwife		42 (12.6)	Delivery time (Day)	192 (57.5)
Employed	20 (6.0)	Planed pregnancy		221 (66.2)	Baby sex (Girl)	161 (48.2)
Self-employed	117 (35.0)	Use of the pain relief		101 (30.2)	Source of support
Manual worker	185 (55.4)	Admission to NICU		47 (14.1)	Husband	27 (8.1)
Child birth at Public hospital	298 (89.2)	Augmentation for labor		144 (48.3)	Mother or father	163 (48.8)
		Duration of labour		37 (11.1)	Relative	144 (43.1)