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Table 3 Maternal health service and health literacy communication related 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 (%)

Number of ever born children

 1–2 children

32 (2.6)

64 (5.3)

1112 (92.1)

1208 (100)

 3–4 children

37 (3.0)

72 (5.8)

1143 (91.3)

1252 (100)

  > = 5 children

61 (3.0)

100 (4.9)

1870 (92.1)

2031 (100)

Number of living children

 4 and bellow

77 (2.8)

158 (5.7)

2536 (91.5)

2771 (100)

 5 and above

53 (3.1)

78 (4.5)

1589 (92.4)

1720 (100)

Ever used anything to delay pregnancy

 No

53 (1.9)

88 (3.1)

2683 (95.0)

2824 (100)

 Used outside calendar

8 (6.2)

13 (10.1)

108 (83.7)

129 (100)

 Used in calendar

69 (4.5)

135 (8.8)

1334 (86.7)

1538 (100)

Wanted pregnancy when become pregnant

 Then

96 (2.7)

159 (4.4)

3350 (92.9)

36.5 (100)

 Later

28 (4.9)

53 (9.2)

495 (85.9)

576 (100)

 No more

6 (1.9)

24 (7.7)

280 (90.3)

310 (100)

Number of ANC Visits

 No ANC visit

25 (1.1)

55 (2.4)

2229 (96.5)

2309 (100)

 1–3 visits

58 (4.6)

76 (6.0)

1137 (89.5)

1137 (89.5)

  > =4 visits

47 (5.2)

105 (11.5)

759 (83.3)

911 (100)

Told about pregnancy danger signs

 Have no ANC visit

24 (1.0)

55 (2.4)

2219 (96.6)

2298 (100)

 Not told

50 (3.6)

89 (6.3)

1264 (90.1)

1403 (100)

 Told

56 (7.1)

92 (11.6)

642 (81.3)

790 (100)

Told about birth preparedness plan

 No ANC visit (N/A)

24 (1.0)

55 (2.4)

2219 (96.6)

2298 (100)

 No

41 (3.4)

66 (5.5)

1102 (91.1)

1209 (100)

 Yes

65 (6.6)

115 (11.7)

804 (81.7)

984 (100)

Size of newborn at birth

 Larger than average

35 (2.8)

61 (4.9)

1144 (92.3)

1240 (100)

 Average

59 (3.1)

105 (5.6)

1720 (91.3)

1184 (100)

 Small than average

36 (2.6)

70 (5.1)

1261 (92.2)

1367 (100)

Ever heard of fistula

 No

77 (2.3)

143 (4.4)

3062 (93.3)

3282 (100)

 Yes

53 (4.4)

93 (7.7)

1063 (87.9)

1209 (100)

Owns mobile telephone

 No

113 (2.9)

190 (4.8)

3644 (92.3)

3947 (100)

 Yes

17 (3.1)

46 (8.5)

481 (88.4)

544 (100)

Frequency of listing to radio

 Not at all

94 (2.5)

165 (4.5)

3448 (93.0)

3707 (100)

 Less than once a week

19 (4.6)

34 (8.2)

361 (87.2)

414 (100)

 At least once a week

17 (4.6)

37 (10.0)

316 (85.4)

370 (100)

  1. N/A Not Applicable