Table 1 Characteristics of women in the study sample by period of delivery before and after the start of the intervention
Characteristics | Period | P value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-intervention (Feb 2011–Jul 2012) | Early intervention (Aug 2012–Dec 2013) | Late intervention (Jan 2014–Mar 2015) | ||
(%) (n = 334) | (%) (n = 327) | (%) (n = 338) | ||
District | 0.960 | |||
Wolisso | 56.4 | 56.4 | 54.0 | |
Goro | 14.0 | 16.4 | 17.2 | |
Wonchi | 29.6 | 27.2 | 28.8 | |
Residence | 0.521 | |||
Urban | 12.8 | 16.6 | 19.8 | |
Rural | 87.2 | 83.4 | 80.2 | |
Ethnicity | 0.449 | |||
Oromo | 88.1 | 85.3 | 81.9 | |
Other | 11.9 | 14.7 | 18.1 | |
Wealth index tertile | 0.328 | |||
Low | 39.4 | 31.8 | 29.0 | |
Middle | 29.9 | 37.0 | 33.2 | |
High | 30.7 | 31.2 | 37.8 | |
Age in years | 0.659 | |||
15–24 | 24.3 | 27.4 | 28.0 | |
25–29 | 37.0 | 36.3 | 33.5 | |
30–34 | 20.0 | 18.2 | 23.0 | |
35–49 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 15.5 | |
Parity | 0.185 | |||
1 | 18.2 | 21.4 | 22.4 | |
2–3 | 29.0 | 30.9 | 25.2 | |
4–5 | 32.8 | 26.0 | 26.4 | |
> 5 | 20.0 | 21.7 | 26.0 | |
Woman’s education level | 0.368 | |||
None | 54.0 | 50.2 | 51.6 | |
Primary 1–4 | 21.8 | 16.5 | 16.9 | |
Primary 5–8 | 15.5 | 19.6 | 20.8 | |
Secondary or higher | 8.7 | 13.8 | 10.7 | |
Partner’s education level | 0.459 | |||
None/no partner | 24.9 | 20.7 | 20.4 | |
Primary 1–4 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 19.1 | |
Primary 5–8 | 35.0 | 33.3 | 35.7 | |
Secondary or higher | 17.6 | 22.4 | 24.8 | |
Marital status | 0.546 | |||
Married | 95.2 | 97.2 | 96.2 | |
Single | 4.8 | 2.8 | 3.8 | |
Religion | 0.462 | |||
Orthodox Christian | 55.8 | 47.1 | 42.9 | |
Protestant | 22.5 | 27.2 | 31.5 | |
Muslim | 21.7 | 25.7 | 25.6 | |
Time to nearest facility | 0.516 | |||
< 30 min | 36.1 | 40.2 | 47.5 | |
30–59 min | 24.8 | 21.2 | 18.7 | |
≥ 60 min | 39.1 | 38.7 | 33.8 | |