Table 3 Intention vs action in skilled care use during pregnancy and child birth and reasons among respondents, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, September 2012-April 2013 (n = 3472)
Plan (intention) | Actual practice (Action) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Had ≥ 4 ANC Visit | ||||
Planed ≥ 4 ANC Visit | Yes n(%) | No n(%) | Total n(%) | P < 0.001 (COR = 2.82; 95%: 2.43, 3.27) |
Yes | 854 (46.0) | 1004 (54.0) | 1858 (53.5) | |
No | 374 (23.2) | 1240 (76.8) | 1614 (46.5) | |
Total | 1228 (35.4) | 2244 (64.6) | 3472 (100.0) | |
Planned to use skilled care during delivery | Used skilled care during delivery | P < 0.001 (COR = 8.76; 95%: 7.44, 10.32) | ||
Yes n(%) | No n(%) | Total n(%) | ||
Yes | 701 (61.7) | 435 (38.3) | 1136 (32.7) | |
No | 363 (15.5) | 1973 (84.5) | 2336 (67.3) | |
Total | 1064 (30.6) | 2408 (69.4) | 3472 (100.0) | |
Reasons for not using skilled care once planed (n = 435) | No. | % | ||
Labor not associated with problems (short and comfortable labor) | 382 | 87.8 | ||
Lack of transport | 64 | 14.7 | ||
Lack of money | 58 | 13.3 | ||
Reasons for using skilled care which was not planed (n = 363) | ||||
Any problem encountered during labor | 174 | 47.9 | ||
Prolonged labor (>12 hours) | 152 | 41.9 | ||
Family insisted at labor to have safe and clean delivery | 99 | 27.3 | ||