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Table 2 Obstetric characteristics of mothers indexed infants on SSC practice status during postpartum stay at public health institutions in four selected cities post-natal units, Ethiopia, 2016/17

From: Assessment of skin-to-skin contact (SSC) during the postpartum stay and its determinant factors among mothers at public health institutions in Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percent

SSC status (N = 384)

Yes (n = 108)

No (n = 276)

n

%

n

%

Type of current pregnancy

 Wanted/planned

315

82.0

99

31.4

216

68.6

 Unwanted/unplanned

69

18.0

9

13.0

60

87.0

ANC follow up

 Yes

348

90.6

107

30.7

241

69.3

 No

36

9.4

1

2.8

35

97.2

Number of ANC visits

 One

17

4.4

1

5.9

16

94.1

 Two

32

8.3

7

21.9

25

78.1

 Three

67

17.4

15

22.4

52

77.6

 Four

232

60.4

84

36.2

148

63.8

GA (gestational age)

 < 37 weeks

9

2.3

7

77.8

2

22.2

 37–42 weeks

375

97.7

101

26.9

274

73.1

Parity

 Primi para

139

36.2

47

33.8

92

66.2

 Multi para

245

63.8

61

24.9

184

75.1

Current birth attendant

 Midwife

274

71.4

88

32.1

186

67.9

 Nurse

30

7.8

6

20.0

24

80.0

 Doctor

25

6.5

6

24.0

19

76.0

 Health officer

55

14.3

8

14.5

47

85.5

Mode of delivery

 Normal SVD

292

76.0

103

35.3

189

64.7

 Assisted delivery

66

17.2

5

7.6

61

92.4

 Abdominally (C/S)

26

6.8

0

0.0

26

100.0

Time after delivery

 < 6 h

295

76.8

77

26.1

218

73.9

 6–12 h

50

13.0

16

32.0

34

68.0

 > 12 h

39

10.2

15

38.5

24

61.5