Table 2.
Obstetric characteristics of respondents in Dessie town, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019
| Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antenatal care | Yes | 305 | 98.4 |
| No | 5 | 1.6 | |
| Frequency of ANC | ≤ 4 | 236 | 77.4 |
| > 4 | 69 | 22.6 | |
| Place of ANC | Government health institution | 199 | 65.2 |
| Private health institution | 106 | 34.8 | |
| Parity | Primiparous | 137 | 44.2 |
| Multiparous | 173 | 55.8 | |
| Total number of facility-based childbirth | ≤ 2 | 255 | 82.3 |
| 3–4 | 53 | 17.1 | |
| > 4 | 2 | 0.6 | |
| Place of last delivery | Government health institutions | 251 | 81 |
| Private health institutions | 59 | 19 | |
| Profession of delivery attendant | Doctor | 130 | 41.9 |
| Midwife | 159 | 51.6 | |
| Others (Nurse, HEW) | 20 | 6.5 | |
| Sex of main provider | Male | 186 | 60 |
| Female | 102 | 32.6 | |
| Both | 23 | 7.4 | |
| Type of last delivery | Normal delivery | 162 | 52.3 |
| Cesarean delivery | 45 | 14.5 | |
| Instrumental | 103 | 33.2 | |
| Time of delivery | Day time | 153 | 49.4 |
| Night time | 157 | 50.6 | |
| Complication during delivery | Yes, for self | 36 | 11.6 |
| Yes, for baby | 35 | 11.3 | |
| Yes, for both self and baby | 19 | 6.1 | |
| No | 220 | 71 | |
| Newborn outcome | Alive | 302 | 97.4 |
| Dead | 8 | 2.6 |