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Table 2 Characteristics of women who delivered at health facilities after four or more ANC visits for the most recent birth in the five years before the survey, Ethiopia, 2016 DHS

From: Facility delivery and postnatal care services use among mothers who attended four or more antenatal care visits in Ethiopia: further analysis of the 2016 demographic and health survey

Characteristics of mothers

Percent

Age of mother (year)

26.7 (6.0)

 Mean (SD)

 

Educational level

 

 No education

42.6

 Primary

57.3

 Secondary & above

91.3

Religion

 

 Christian

59.4

 Other

49.3

Marital status

 

 Married/in union

56.2

 Other

57.4

Place of residence

 

 Urban

91.9

 Rural

44.3

Wealth index

 

 Poorest

34.3

 Poorer

40.7

 Middle

43.2

 Richer

49.3

 Richest

87.5

Mother’s working status

 

 No

49.4

 Yes

69.5

Perceived distance to health facility

 

 Big problem

43.8

 Not a big problem

66.9

Birth order

 

 First

73.9

 Second to fourth

58.1

 Fifth or more

39.0

Wantedness of the child

 

 Wanted then

55.9

 Wanted later

57.5

 Wanted no more

57.6