TABLE 2.
Characteristics of the study sample and postnatal checkup for neonates (PNC) in Ethiopia (N = 7,586).
| Variables | Total | PNC checkup |
P-value* | |
| Frequency (%) | Yes | No | ||
| Residence | <0.001 | |||
| Urban | 969 (12.8) | 177 (18.3) | 792 (81.7) | |
| Rural | 6,617 (82.2) | 455 (6.9) | 6,162 (93.1) | |
| Educational status | <0.001 | |||
| No education | 4,788 (63.1) | 315 (6.6) | 4,473 (93.4) | |
| Primary education | 2,149 (28.3) | 198 (9.2) | 1,951 (90.8) | |
| secondary and above | 649 (8.6) | 119 (18.4) | 530 (81.6) | |
| Distance to health facility | <0.001 | |||
| Big problem | 4,404 (58.0) | 249 (5.7) | 4,154 (94.3) | |
| Not big problem | 3,182 (42.0) | 383 (12.0) | 2,800 (88.0) | |
| ANC visit | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 4,753 (62.8) | 553 (11.6) | 4,200 (88.4) | |
| No | 2,818 (37.2) | 79 (2.8) | 2,739 (97.2) | |
| Mode of delivery | <0.001 | |||
| Cesarean section | 183 (2.4) | 587 (7.9) | 6,816 (92.1) | |
| Vaginal | 7,403 (97.6) | 45 (24.8) | 138 (75.2) | |
| Awareness on neonatal danger sign | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 330 (4.3) | 107 (32.4) | 223 (67.6) | |
| No | 7,256 (95.7) | 526 (7.2) | 6,731 (92.8) | |
| Place of birth | <0.001 | |||
| Health institution | 2,401 (32.1) | 363 (15.1) | 2,038 (84.9) | |
| Home | 5,071 (67.9) | 252 (5.0) | 4,819 (95.0) | |
| Birth order | 0.002 | |||
| 1st | 1,435 (18.9) | 163 (11.4) | 1,272 (88.6) | |
| 2–4 | 3,188 (42.0) | 265 (8.3) | 2,923 (91.7) | |
| ≥5 | 2,963 (39.1) | 204 (6.9) | 2,759 (93.1) | |
*Rao-Scott chi-square p-value.