Table 2.
Obstetric Characteristics of Respondents in South Gondar Zone.
Variable | Categories | Frequency | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Birth order | First | 81 | 18.7 |
2–3 | 156 | 35.9 | |
4 and above | 197 | 45.4 | |
Counseling about maternal health care | No | 90 | 20.7 |
Yes | 344 | 79.3 | |
Size of child at birth | Small | 111 | 25.6 |
Average | 240 | 55.3 | |
Large | 83 | 19.1 | |
Maternal health insurance | No | 162 | 37.3 |
Yes | 272 | 62.7 | |
Health Provider Behavior | Good | 364 | 83.9 |
Poor | 70 | 16.1 | |
Post delivery shelter | No | 42 | 9.7 |
Yes | 392 | 90.3 | |
Health facility in kebele | No | 61 | 14.1 |
Yes | 373 | 85.9 | |
Nearest health institution | Health center | 387 | 89.2 |
Privet clinic | 14 | 3.2 | |
Hospital | 33 | 7.6 | |
Duty service of maternal health care | No | 172 | 39.6 |
Yes | 262 | 60.4 | |
Transportation | On foot | 293 | 67.5 |
By car | 141 | 32.5 | |
Number of living children | 1–3 | 241 | 55.5 |
4 and above | 193 | 44.5 | |
Experienced child death | No | 325 | 74.9 |
Yes | 109 | 25.1 | |
Road accessibility to the HF | No | 235 | 54.1 |
Yes | 199 | 45.9 | |
Place of previous delivery | Home | 187 | 43.1 |
Health institution | 247 | 56.9 | |
Did you face any health problem in the last pregnancy? | No | 279 | 64.3 |
Yes | 155 | 35.7 | |
Planned pregnancy | No | 65 | 15.0 |
Yes | 369 | 85.0 | |
Wanted pregnancy | No | 65 | 15.0 |
Yes | 369 | 85.0 | |
Experienced death of neonate age less than seven day | No | 366 | 84.3 |
Yes | 68 | 15.7 | |
History of abortion | No | 355 | 81.8 |
Yes | 79 | 18.2 | |
Age at first pregnancy | <20 | 113 | 26.0 |
> = 20 | 321 | 74.0 | |
Age at first marriage | Less than 15 | 57 | 13.1 |
15–19 | 146 | 33.6 | |
20–24 | 205 | 47.2 | |
> = 25 | 26 | 6.0 | |
The time taken to get the nearest health facility | Below 1 h | 243 | 56.0 |
1–2 h | 162 | 37.3 | |
Above 2 h | 29 | 6.7 |