Birth Preparedness and Its Association with Skilled Birth Attendance and Postpartum Checkups among Mothers in Gibe Wereda, Hadiya Zone, South Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers in Gibe Wereda, South Ethiopia, March 2014.

Variables	Category	Number	Percent
Age group of mothers	15–24	194	26.6
	25–34	451	62.0
	≥35	83	11.4
	Mean age
Marital status of mothers	Married	702	96.4
	Single	8	1.1
	Widowed	13	1.8
	Divorced	5	0.7
Religion of mothers	Orthodox	51	7.0
	Catholic	7	1.0
	Protestant	670	92.0
Ethnicity of mothers	Hadiya	665	91.3
	Gurage	38	5.2
	Kembata	14	1.9
	Amhara	11	1.5
Occupation of mothers	Housewife	625	85.9
	Government employee	18	2.5
	Farmer	51	7.0
		34	4.7
Educational status of mothers	Informal	390	53.6
	Primary	248	34.1
	Secondary & above	90	12.4
Wealth index	Lowest (Q1)	145	19.9
	Second (Q2)	146	20.1
	Middle (Q3)	145	19.9
	Fourth (Q4)	147	20.2
	Highest (Q5)	145	19.9
Occupation of husband ()	Farmer	537	76.5
	Daily laborer	64	9.1
	Government employee	15	2.1
	Merchant	86	12.3
Educational status of husband ()	Informal	296	42.2
	Primary	318	45.3
	Secondary & above	88	12.9
Family size	≤5	343	47.1
	>5	385	52.9
Time to reach health institute	>2 hours	589	80.9
	≤2 hours	139	19.1

not equal to 728 because of missing values.
include merchant and daily laborer.