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Table 2 Percent distribution of the respondents by seeking health care assistance to the complication faced last in the recent pregnancy, Arba Minch Zuria district, south west Ethiopia, 2014

From: Predictors of skilled assistance seeking behavior to pregnancy complications among women at southwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional community based study

Characteristics

Seeking health care assistance

Skilled assistancea

Unskilled assistanceb

No-assistancec (self-care)

Total

n = 254 (73.8 %)

n = 58 (16.9 %)

N = 32 (9.3 %)

n = 344 (100 %)

Age (years)

15–19

30 (8.7)

4 (1.2)

2 (0.6)

36 (10.5)

20–34

206 (59.9)

42 (12.2)

24 (7)

272 (79.1)

35–49

18 (5.2)

12 (3.5)

6 (1.7)

36 (10.4)

Birth order

1

62 (18)

12 (3.5)

4 (1.2)

78 (22.7)

2–3

122 (35.5)

26 (7.5)

18 (5.2)

166 (48.2)

4–5

52 (15.1)

16 (4.7)

2 (0.6)

70 (20.4)

6+

18 (5.2)

4 (1.2)

8 (2.3)

30 (8.7)

Family monthly income ($US)

<25

84 (24.4)

26 (7.6)

18 (5.2)

128 (37.2)

25–100

146 (42.4)

18 (5.2)

12 (3.5)

176 (51.1)

>100

24 (7)

14 (4.1)

2 (0.6)

40 (11.7)

Women education

No education

66 (19.2)

12 (3.5)

8 (2.3)

86 (25.0)

Primary

134 (38.9)

44 (12.8)

16 (4.7)

194 (56.4)

Secondary

34 (9.9)

2 (.6)

8 (2.3)

44 (12.8)

College/university

20 (5.8)

0 (00.0)

0 (0.0)

20 (5.8)

Knowledge complications

Yes

188 (54.6)

28 (8.2)

22 (6.4)

238 (69.2)

No

66 (19.2)

30 (8.7)

10 (2.9)

106 (30.8)

  1. N.B: askilled assistance may include unskilled, bassisted by HEWs, TBAs and other unskilled Health worker, chad home based self –care, left unassisted at all, home assisted by husband