Table 3.
Background characteristics of mothers, providers and facility administrators
| Mothers n = 32 a |
Providers n = 96 |
Facility Administrators n = 37 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) |
| Age, yearsb | |||
| 15 to 19 | 8 (25.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 20 to 29 | 18 (56.3) | 78 (81.3) | 24 (66.7) |
| 30 to 39 | 6 (18.8) | 15 (15.6) | 10 (37.8) |
| 40 and older | 0 (0) | 3 (3.1) | 2 (5.6) |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 32 (100.0) | 55 (57.3) | 21 (56.8) |
| Male | n/a | 41 (42.7) | 16 (43.2) |
| Gravid | |||
| Primiparous | 19 (59.4) | ||
| Multiparous | 13 (14.6) | ||
| Profession | |||
| Health extension worker | 0 (0) | 13 (35.1) | |
| Midwife | 54 (56.3) | 1 (2.7) | |
| Nurse | 29 (30.2) | 15 (40.5) | |
| Health officer | 9 (9.4) | 7 (18.9) | |
| Physician | 4 (4.2) | 0 (0) | |
| Neonatologist | 0 (0) | 1 (2.7) | |
| Facility level | |||
| Referral hospital | 13 (13.5) | 2 (5.4) | |
| General hospital | 0 (0) | 3 (8.1) | |
| Primary hospital | 12 (12.5) | 1 (2.7) | |
| Health center | 71 (74.0) | 16 (43.2) | |
| Health post | 0 (0) | 15 (40.5) | |
| Region | |||
| Addis Ababa | 20 (62.5) | 59 (61.5) | 12 (32.4) |
| Amhara | 5 (15.6) | 22 (22.9) | 14 (37.8) |
| Oromia | 7 (21.9) | 15 (15.6) | 11 (29.7) |
a n = 32 for the demographic survey, n = 22 for completed interviews
b One facility administrator participant not reported