Mistreatment of women in public health facilities of Ethiopia

Table 1 Background characteristics and birth experience of respondents

Variables	Total (N = 379)		Health Centers (N = 272)		Hospitals (N = 107)
Variables	N	Percent	N	Percent	N	Percent
Residence Location
Urban	194	51	121	44	73	68
Rural	185	49	151	56	34	32
Residence region
Tigray	40	11	20	7	20	19
Amhara	100	26	70	26	30	28
Oromia	139	37	112	41	27	25
SNNPR	100	26	70	26	30	28
Age
< 25	167	44	116	43	51	48
25–34	177	47	129	48	48	45
35+	34	9	26	10	8	7
Education - ever attended school	278	73	192	71	86	80
Highest level of school attended
Informal education/can read and write	7	3	6	3	1	1
Primary (1–8)	137	50	106	56	31	36
Secondary	86	31	51	27	35	41
TVET/College/University	46	17	27	14	19	22
Religion
Muslim	107	28	87	32	20	19
Orthodox Christian	195	52	130	48	65	61
Other Christian (protestant, catholic etc)	76	20	55	20	21	20
Marital status
Never married / Single/divorced	12	3	8	3	4	4
Currently married or co-habiting	366	97	263	97	103	96
Employment status
Not employed /house wife	264	70	199	73	65	61
Employed	97	26	61	23	36	34
Student	17	4	11	4	6	6
Parity - births ever had including most recent
1	162	43	104	38	58	54
2–3	115	30	85	31	30	28
4 +	102	27	83	31	19	18
Duration between birth and interview
Less than a week	73	19	29	41	44	11
1–6 weeks	136	36	99	35	37	36
7–12 weeks	170	45	144	24	26	53
Time of birth
Night time	179	47	131	45	48	48
Day time (6:00 AM-6:00 PM)	199	53	140	55	59	52

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