Table 3 Skilled delivery care utilization among respondents, Kersa district, eastern Ethiopia
Variable | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Skilled delivery care for previous pregnancies (n = 1059) | ||
 Yes | 213 | 20.1 |
 No | 846 | 79.9 |
Skilled delivery care for the recent pregnancy (n = 1294) | ||
 Yes | 398 | 30.8 |
 No | 896 | 69.2 |
Place of delivery for the recent pregnancy (n = 1294) | ||
 Government hospital | 71 | 5.5 |
 Government health centre | 306 | 23.6 |
 Government health post | 17 | 1.3 |
 Private hospital/clinic | 3 | 0.2 |
 Home | 890 | 68.8 |
 Other (e.g. on the road) | 7 | 0.5 |
Reason to prefer that facility for delivery (n = 397**) | ||
 Close to where I live | 194 | 48.9 |
 Helpfulness of health workers | 79 | 19.9 |
 High-quality services | 91 | 22.9 |
 Little or no expenses | 21 | 5.3 |
 Other reasons | 12 | 3.02 |
Person attending the care at the health facility (n = 397) | ||
 Doctor | 47 | 11.8 |
 Health officer | 11 | 2.8 |
 Nurse/midwife | 326 | 82.2 |
 Health Extension Worker | 13 | 3.3 |
Who made final decision to deliver at the health facility (n = 397) | ||
 Yourself | 195 | 49.1 |
 Your husband | 86 | 21.7 |
 Jointly with your husband | 45 | 11.5 |
 Health Extension Worker | 41 | 10.3 |
 Your parents | 14 | 3.5 |
 Mother-in-law | 6 | 1.5 |
 Women’s Development Army leader | 5 | 1.3 |
 Other | 5 | 1.3 |
Who accompanied to the health facility (n = 397) | ||
 Partner | 305 | 76.8 |
 Women’s Development Army leader | 50 | 12.6 |
 Health Extension Workers | 20 | 5.0 |
 Traditional birth attendants | 53 | 13.4 |
 No one | 32 | 8.1 |
Birth preparedness (n = 397) | ||
 Yes | 156 | 39.3 |
 No | 235 | 59.2 |
 Don’t remember | 6 | 1.5 |