Table 1 Mothers’ with their indexed babies’ characteristics of SSC practice status during postpartum stay at public health institutions in four selected cities post-natal units, Ethiopia, 2016/17
Variables | Frequency | Percent | SSC status (N = 384) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 108) | No (n = 276) | |||||
n | % | n | % | |||
Age | ||||||
16–20 | 25 | 6.5 | 6 | 24.0 | 19 | 76.0 |
21–24 | 105 | 27.3 | 37 | 35.2 | 68 | 64.8 |
25–29 | 139 | 36.2 | 40 | 22.8 | 99 | 71.2 |
30–34 | 79 | 20.6 | 18 | 22.8 | 61 | 77.2 |
> 35 | 36 | 9.4 | 7 | 19.4 | 29 | 80.6 |
Residence | ||||||
Urban | 280 | 72.9 | 100 | 35.7 | 180 | 64.3 |
Rural | 104 | 27.1 | 8 | 7.7 | 96 | 92.3 |
Religion | ||||||
Orthodox | 249 | 64.8 | 76 | 30.5 | 173 | 69.5 |
Muslim | 73 | 19.0 | 19 | 26.0 | 54 | 74.0 |
Protestant | 49 | 12.8 | 11 | 22.4 | 38 | 77.6 |
Catholic | 13 | 3.4 | 2 | 15.4 | 11 | 84.6 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
Amhara | 228 | 59.4 | 74 | 32.5 | 154 | 67.5 |
Tigray | 40 | 10.4 | 8 | 20.0 | 32 | 80.0 |
Oromo | 116 | 30.2 | 26 | 22.4 | 90 | 77.6 |
Marital status | ||||||
Single | 32 | 8.3 | 5 | 15.6 | 27 | 84.4 |
Married | 333 | 86.7 | 100 | 30.0 | 233 | 70.0 |
Divorced | 19 | 4.9 | 3 | 15.8 | 16 | 84.2 |
Educational status | ||||||
Unable to read and write | 73 | 19.0 | 4 | 5.5 | 69 | 94.5 |
Primary (1–8) | 119 | 31.0 | 25 | 21.0 | 84 | 79.0 |
Secondary (9–12) | 113 | 29.4 | 45 | 39.8 | 68 | 60.2 |
Tertiary (Diploma and above) | 79 | 20.6 | 34 | 43.0 | 45 | 57.0 |
Occupation | ||||||
Housewife | 261 | 68.0 | 73 | 28.0 | 188 | 72.0 |
Employed | 90 | 23.4 | 32 | 35.6 | 58 | 64.4 |
Unemployed | 33 | 8.6 | 3 | 9.1 | 30 | 90.9 |
Newborns weight (in grams) | ||||||
≥ 4000 | 10 | 2.6 | 4 | 40.0 | 6 | 60.0 |
2500–3999 | 346 | 90.1 | 90 | 26.0 | 256 | 74.0 |
1500–2499 | 27 | 7.0 | 13 | 48.1 | 14 | 51.9 |
1000–1499 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 203 | 52.9 | 54 | 26.6 | 149 | 73.4 |
Female | 181 | 47.1 | 54 | 29.8 | 127 | 70.2 |