Uptake of Immediate Postpartum LARCs and Associated Factors among Mothers Who Gave Birth at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia
Table 2
Obstetric profile of respondents in HUCSH, Ethiopia, April 2019.
Variables
Frequency ()
Percent (%)
Parity ()
One
175
41.9
Two
107
25.6
Three
59
14.1
Four and above
77
18.4
Number of children ()
One
194
46.4
Two
94
22.5
Three
61
14.6
Four and above
65
15.6
None
4
1.0
Birth to pregnancy interval ()
< two years
56
23.0
≥ two years
187
77.0
Planned pregnancy (current) ()
Yes
338
80.9
No
80
19.1
Plan to have more children ()
Yes
312
74.6
No
55
13.2
Undecided
51
12.2
Future plan of birth ()
Before two years
13
4.2
After two years
240
76.9
Undecided
59
18.9
ANC follow-up ()†
Yes
401
95.9
No
17
4.1
Number of ANC visits ()
One
4
1.0
Two
44
11.0
Three
147
36.7
Four and above
206
51.4
Mode of delivery ()
SVD
267
63.9
Caesarean section
146
34.9
Forceps/vacuum delivery
5
1.2
Birth outcome on discharge ()
Alive
390
93.3
Dead
28
6.7
†At least one; SVD: spontaneous vertex/vaginal delivery.