Variables

Categories

No (%)

 

Age of mother

15-24

147 (21.8)

25-34

307 (45.6)

≥35

219(32.5)

Educational status of mother

Illiterate

190 (28.2)

Literate

483 (71.8)

Occupational status of mother

Gov. Employee

39 (5.8)

Farmer

7 (1.0)

merchant

54 (8.0)

House wife

573 (85.1)

 Residence

Urban

126 (18.7)

Rural

547 (81.3)

 
Religion

Orthodox

105 (1.6)

Protestant

559 (83.1)

Others

9 (1.3)

Ethnicity of mother

Dawro

641 (95.2)

Wolayta

18 (2.7)

Other

14 (2)

Husbands’ education

Illiterate

300 (45.4)

Literate

361(54.6)

 

Husbands’ occupation                 

Farmer

518 (77.0)

Employee

69 (10.3)

Merchant

57 (8.5)

Others

17 (2.5)

 

HH monthly
Income (ETB)

≤ 500

274 (40.7)

501-1000

274 (40.7)

1001-1500

93 (13.8)

≥ 1501

32 (4.7)

Distance to HF

£ 2 hours

330 (49.0)

> 2 hours

343 (51.0)

 

HH size

£3

62(9.2)

4-6

500 (74.3)

>6

111(16.5)

Decision on maternal health services

Self

204 (30.3)

jointly

328 (48.7)

Husband

141 (21.0)

 

Marital status

Married

661 (98.2)

Divorced

12 (1.7)

Table 1: Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of study participants in Loma district, Ethiopia, 2017

    Variables

    Categories

                    No (%)

ANC during last pregnancy

Yes

296(44.0)

No

377(56.0)

Parity

1-2

266(39.5)

3-5

341(50.9)

>5

66(9.8)

 

Place of ANC

Hospital

90(13.4)

Health Center

144(21.4)

Health Post

29(4.3)

Home

33(4.9)

Number of ANC

 

 

Four and above

39(5.8)

Two to three

182(27.0)

One

75(11.1)

ANC providers

Doctor/nurse/midwife

227(33.7)

Health extension worker

34(5.1)

Traditional birth attendants

35(5.2)

Place of delivery

 

Hospital

65(9.7)

Health Center

105(15.6)

Health Post

317(47.1)

Home

186(27.6)

Mode of last delivery

Cesarean section

11(1.6)

Instrumental delivery

51(7.6)

spontaneous vaginal

611(90.8)

 

Number of PNC

 

2-3 times

 

                   166(24.7)

4 and above

15(2.2)

Table 2:Obstetric history of maternal health service in Loma district, Ethiopia, 2017

Variables

Categories

            No (%)

Delivery assistance

 

Doctor/nurse/midwife

165(24.5)

Health extension workers

331(49.2)

Traditional birth attendants

177(26.30)

Check at HFs

Yes

139(20.7)

No

54(79.3)

Time of first check up at HFs

 

Less than 4 hours

6(.9)

      4-23 hours

133(19.8)

Duration at HFs

 

Less than 2 hours

6(.9)

2-5 hours

3(.4)

Half day

127(18.9)

12-24 hours

3(.4)

PNC

 

Yes

247(36.7)

No

426(63.3)

Place of PNC

 

Home

74(11.0)

Health post

108(16.0)

Health center

61(9,1)

Hospital

4(0.6)

PNC provider

 

Doctor/nurse/midwife

82(12.2)

Health extension workers

160(23.8)

Traditional birth attendants

5(0.7)

Service in PNC

EPI

461(68)

Nutritional counseling of mothers  and newborn

272(40.4)

Family planning

175(26.0)

Others

87(12.9)

Duration of first PNC

0-24 hours

15(2.2)

2-7 days

34(5.1)

8-42 days

198(29.4)

Table 3: Maternal health service utilization of women in Loma district, Ethiopia, 2017

Variables

Categories

 N (%)

Complication of pregnancy and delivery

Yes

621(92.3)

No

40 (5.9)

I don't remember

12 (1.8)

 

Complication

Excessive vaginal bleeding

96 (14.3)

Prolonged labor

541(80.4)

retained placenta

17 (2.5)

 

Reason for non  use of PNC

Cost too much

6 (0.9)

Facility not open

28 (4.2)

Facility too far/no transportation

214 (31.8)

Poor quality service

108 (16.0)

Husband/family did not allow

49 (7.3)

Not necessary

3 (0.4)

Knows risk

Yes

473 (70.3)

No

200 (29.7)

Risk response

Pregnancy related disease

228 (33.9)

Maternal death

201 (29.9)

Fetal death

44 (6.5)

Source of health message

Mass media

103 (15.3)

Health professionals including HEWs

338 (50.2)

Through HDA network

227 (33.7)

TBAs

5 (0.7)

Table 4: Knowledge of mothers on danger sign, complications related to pregnancy and other maternal health services in Loma district, Ethiopia, 2017

Variables

           PNC utilization

 

Yes (%)

No (%)

AOR (95% CI)    

Residence

 

 

 

Urban

77(61.6)

49(38.9)

3.72(1.1, 13.20)**

Rural

160(30.1)

377(68.9)

1.00

Education of mothers

Literate

114(76)

76(40)

3.34(1.32, 8.47)**

Read and write/informal

80(37.6)

133(62.4)

1.53(0.73, 3.19)

Illiterate

53(19.6)

217(80.4)

1.00

Occupation of mothers

Gov employee

24(61.5)

15(7.4)

1.82(0.37, 8.9)

Farmer

4(57.1)

3(42.9)

0.000

Merchant

30(55.5)

24(44.5)

7.67(1.4, 42.4)**

House wife

189(32.9)

384(94.1)

1.00

Number of ANC

Four and above

26(66)

13(34)

.12(.038, .43)

Two to three

116(63.7)

66(35.3)

.21(.088, .50)

one

26(34)

49(66)

1.00

ANC Provider

Doctor/nurse/midwife

151(66.5)

76(33.5)

.312(.72, 1.36)

Health extension workers

12(35.3)

22(64.7)

1.152(.20, 6.53)

Traditional birth attendants

5(14.3)

30(35.7)

1.00

Place of Delivery

Hospital

44(68)

21(32)

0.9(.3, 3.1)

Health Center

54(51.4)

51(48.6)

1.658(0.57, 4.83)

Health Post

100(31.5)

217(68.5)

2.25(1.1, 7.0) **

Home

49(26.3)

137(73.7)

1.00

Delivery assistance

Doctor/nurse/midwife

125(75.7)

40(24.3)

0.64(.116, 3.55)

Health extension workers

96(29)

235(71)

4.69(.907, 24.32)

Traditional birth attendants

26(15)

151(85)

1.00

Distance to HF

Less than or equal 2 hours

155(66.5)

175(33.5)

1.78(.927, 3.42)

Greater than 2 hours

92(26.8)

251(73.2)

1.00

Table 5:Determinants of postnatal care utilization in Loma district, Ethiopia, 2017