Table 2 Obstetric, child morbidity and other maternal characteristics of study participants in Sodo Zuria district, South Ethiopia, June 2017
Variables (n = 342) | Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
Place of delivery | Health facility | 272 | 79.53 |
Home | 70 | 20.47 | |
Gestational age at birth | <9 months | 14 | 4.09 |
At 9 month | 229 | 66.96 | |
>9 month | 99 | 28.95 | |
Birth weight | <2500 g | 10 | 2.92 |
2500–4000 g | 257 | 75.15 | |
>4000 | 75 | 21.93 | |
Birth order | 1 | 66 | 19.30 |
2–4 | 160 | 46.78 | |
>4 | 116 | 33.92 | |
Birth interval from previous | <24 months | 69 | 20.17 |
24 months | 224 | 65.50 | |
>24 months | 49 | 14.33 | |
Still breast feeding | Yes | 202 | 59.07 |
No | 140 | 40.93 | |
Reason for not breast feeding | Maternal health problem | 19 | 13.57 |
Child refusal | 88 | 62.86 | |
Pregnancy | 33 | 23.57 | |
Diarrheal morbidity in the last 2 weeks | Yes | 89 | 26.02 |
No | 253 | 73.98 | |
Fever | Yes | 23 | 6.73 |
No | 319 | 93.27 | |
Cough | Yes | 20 | 5.85 |
No | 322 | 94.15 | |
Measles | Yes | 8 | 2.34 |
No | 334 | 97.66 | |
Maternal age at first birth | 15–19 | 48 | 14.03 |
20–29 | 213 | 62.28 | |
30–39 | 70 | 20.47 | |
≥40 | 11 | 3.22 | |
ANC follow up | Yes | 286 | 83.63 |
No | 56 | 16.37 | |
Additional meal during pregnancy/lactation | Yes | 79 | 23.10 |
No | 263 | 76.90 | |
Family planning method used | Yes | 170 | 49.70 |
No | 172 | 51.30 | |
What type of family planning | Pills | 34 | 20.00 |
Depo-Provera | 131 | 77.06 | |
Othersa | 5 | 2.94 |