Table 4.

Practice towards skilled maternal healthcare among study participants.

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Attend antenatal care for last pregnancy?	Yes	582	89.0
	No	72	11.0
Number of antenatal care visits	1	20	3.4
	2–3	313	53.8
	4 and above	249	42.8
Place of delivery	Home	238	36.4
	Health facility	416	63.6
Delivery assisted by	Doctor	35	5.4
	Nurse	83	12.7
	Midwives	280	42.8
	Health officer	8	1.2
	I don't remember	9	1.4
Home assisted by	Traditional birth attendants	95	39.7
	Neighbours	88	36.8
	Relatives	51	7.8
	Health extension workers	5	2.1
	Usual experience	92	38.5
	Labor is urgent	101	42.2
Reasons for home delivery	Presence of traditional birth attendants	14	5.9
	Health facilities are far away	27	11.3
	Lack of transportation	5	2.1
Birth outcome	Live birth	630	96.3
	Still birth	24	3.7
Did you attend postnatal care from health facility for last pregnancy?	Yes No	383 271	58.6 41.4
Experienced obstetric problem the last pregnancy?	Yes	376	57.5
	No	278	42.5