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Table 2 Reproductive characteristics of women in postpartum period in Hawassa university referral hospital, southern Ethiopia, 2017(n = 580)

From: Prevalence of adverse birth outcome and associated factors among women who delivered in Hawassa town governmental health institutions, south Ethiopia, in 2017

Variables

Categories

Frequency

Percent

Did you or your partner use FP?

Yes

293

50.5

No

287

49.5

what type of FP do you use? (n = 293)

coc

38

6.6

Depo

189

32.6

Implanon

23

4

iucd

34

5.9

Natural

8

1.4

no FP

287

49.5

Do you plan this pregnancy?

Yes

520

89.7

no

60

10.3

Gestational age of the current pregnancy?

preterm

58

10

term

519

89.5

post term

3

0.5

Did the mother had at least 1 ANC visit?

yes

521

89.8

no

59

10.2

mode of delivery

SVD

461

9.5

instrumental

11

1.9

CS

108

18.6

sex of the current baby?

male

330

56.9

female

250

43.1

future pregnancy intention

up to 6moth

1

0.2

7–12 months

2

0.3

13–24 months

9

1.6

25–36 months

8

1.4

after 3 years

132

22.8

undecided

375

64.7

I don’t want any more

531

9.1

  1. KEY=FP family planning, IUCD intrauterine contraceptive device, SVD spontaneous vertex delivery, CS cesarean section