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Table 2 Socio-economic characteristics of study women by place of postnatal care service utilization in Ethiopia, analysis from EDHS 2016

From: Magnitude and determinants for place of postnatal care utilization among mothers who delivered at home in Ethiopia: a multinomial analysis from the 2016 Ethiopian demographic health survey

Variable

Place of PNC Utilization

At Home

n (%)

At Health Facility

n (%)

Not utilized at all n (%)

Total

N (%)

Wealth Index

 Poorer

62 (2.1)

100 (3.4)

2746 (94.4)

2908 (100)

 Middle

31 (4.4)

46 (6.6)

625 (89.0)

702 (100)

 Richer

37 (4.2)

90 (10.2)

754 (85.6)

8891 (100)

Husband’s occupation

 Agricultural work

85 (3.1)

131 (4.9)

2483 (92.0)

2699 (100)

 Others

38 (2.5)

85 (5.6)

1389 (91.9)

1512 (100)

Participant’s occupation

 No work

65 (2.4)

102 (3.8)

2534 (93.8)

2701 (100)

 Agricultural work

35 (3.3)

73 (6.9)

943 (89.7)

1051 (100)

 Others

30 (4.1)

61 (8.3)

648 (87.7)

739 (100)

Autonomy to utilize PNC

 Self

23 (3.5)

41 (6.2)

602 (90.4)

666 (100)

 Self and partner

70 (2.7)

134 (5.2)

2380 (92.1)

2584 (100)

 Partner alone

29 (3.0)

41 (4.3)

882 (92.6)

952 (100)

 Others

8 (2.8)

20 (6.9)

261 (90.3)

289 (100)

Has bank account

 No

117 (2.7)

211 (4.9)

3981 (92.4)

4309 (100)

 Yes

13 (7.1)

25 (13.7)

144 (79.1)

182 (100)