Table 3.
Infant and Environmental Related Characteristics of Partners Who Came to Postnatal Follow-up Clinic with Their Partner in Wolaita Zone Public Health Centers, Ethiopia (n= 410)
| Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wife went to her mother’s house for delivery | Yes | 25 | 6.1 |
| No | 385 | 93.9 | |
| Housing | Own house | 140 | 34.1 |
| Rental | 270 | 65.9 | |
| Was the pregnancy planned | Yes | 316 | 77.1 |
| No | 94 | 22.9 | |
| Attend antenatal checkup | Yes | 340 | 82.9 |
| No | 70 | 17.1 | |
| Mode of delivery | Vaginal delivery | 336 | 82.0 |
| Cesarean section | 74 | 18.0 | |
| Accompany partner at delivery of your child | Yes | 342 | 83.4 |
| No | 68 | 16.6 | |
| GA of the pregnancy | Preterm | 59 | 14.4 |
| Term | 301 | 73.4 | |
| Post term | 50 | 12.2 | |
| Congenital birth problemsa | Yes | 7 | 1.7 |
| No | 403 | 98.3 | |
| Place of health care | Governmental | 334 | 81.5 |
| Private | 76 | 18.5 | |
| Infant sleeping problem | Yes | 82 | 20 |
| No | 328 | 80 | |
| Loss of child before this pregnancy | Yes | 28 | 6.8 |
| No | 382 | 93.2 |
Note: aCleft lip/palate, Down’s syndrome, spinal bifida, physical deformities.