Table 1. Socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics of mothers who had given birth in the Hadiya zone public hospitals, July 2020 (n = 413).

Characteristics	Category	Frequency	Percent
Age	≤20 years	36	8.7
	20–34 years	320	77.5
	≥35 years	57	13.8
Marital status	Single	14	3.4
	Married	391	94.7
	Divorced	3	.7
	Widowed	5	1.2
Religion	Protestant	295	71.4
	Orthodox	77	18.6
	Muslim	35	8.5
	Catholic	6	1.5
Ethnicity	Hadiya	310	75.1
	Kambata	37	9.0
	Silte	19	4.6
	Gurage	28	6.8
	Amhara	19	4.6
Occupation of mothers	Housewife	258	62.5
	Employee	80	19.4
	Merchant	42	10.2
	Daily laborer	13	3.1
	Students	20	4.8
Parity	Primipara	126	30.5
	Multipara	208	50.4
	Grand multipara	79	19.1
Onset of labour	Spontaneous	347	84.0
	Induction	52	12.6
	Elective caesarean delivery	14	3.4
Mode of delivery	Vaginal	347	84.0
	Caesarian delivery	66	16.0
Intervention*	No	328	79.4
	Yes, no emergency intervention	28	6.8
	Yes, emergency intervention	57	13.8
Duration of labour(n = 399)	≤12 hours	306	76.7
	>12 hours	93	23.3
Length of hospital stay	≤6hours	17	4.1
	6–24 hours	293	70.9
	> 24 hours	103	24.9
Adverse birth outcome **	No	340	82.3
	Yes	73	17.7
Hospital admission of mothers	No	364	88.1
	Yes	49	11.9

* Caesarean section or instrumental delivery.

**Adverse outcome based on self-reported asphyxia, congenital anomaly, infection, low birth weight, premature birth.