Research Article
Birth Preparedness and Its Association with Skilled Birth Attendance and Postpartum Checkups among Mothers in Gibe Wereda, Hadiya Zone, South Ethiopia
Table 3
Last pregnancy characteristics of mothers in Gibe Wereda, South Ethiopia, March 2014.
| | Variables | | Number | Percent (%) |
| | Intended pregnancy () | Yes | 423 | 58.2 | | No | 304 | 41.8 |
| | ANC visit | None | 164 | 22.5 | | One time | 93 | 12.8 | | Two times | 159 | 21.8 | | Three times | 160 | 22.0 | | ≥4 times | 152 | 20.9 |
| | Last pregnancy complication | Yes | 118 | 16.2 | | No | 610 | 83.8 |
| | BP advise | No | 227 | 31.2 | | Yes | 501 | 68.8 |
| | Decision making | Mine only | 311 | 42.7 | | My husband only | 123 | 16.9 | | Mine & my husband | 179 | 24.6 | | 115 | 15.8 |
| | Place of delivery | Home | 613 | 84.2 | | Health post | 3 | 0.4 | | Health center | 89 | 12.2 | | Hospital | 23 | 3.2 |
| | Skilled delivery | Yes | 112 | 15.4 | | No | 616 | 84.6 |
| | Postpartum checkups | Yes | 128 | 17.6 | | No | 600 | 82.4 |
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not equal to 728 because of missing values. include family and neighbors.
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