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Table 2 Delivery Services Utilizations in Abuna Gindeberet district, West Shewa Zone, Oromiya Region, Central Ethiopia, March 2013

From: Institutional delivery and postnatal care services utilizations in Abuna Gindeberet District, West Shewa, Oromiya Region, Central Ethiopia: A Community-based cross sectional study

Variables

Alternatives

Number (n = 703)

Percent (%)

Place of delivery

1. Home

602

85.6

2. Health center and Hospital

34

4.9

3. Health post

67

9.5

Person assisted for home delivery

1. Mother-in-law

214

35.5

2. Relatives/neighbors

109

18.1

3. Mother

138

22.9

4. Health extension workers

51

8.5

5. Health professionals

7

1.2

6. Traditional birth attendant

83

13.8

Reason for home delivery

1. Facility not opens regularly

52

8.7

2. Poor quality service of HFs

76

12.6

3. Need to be with relatives

169

28

4. Previous home deliver was normal

261

43.4

5. I was told my pregnancy is normal

44

7.3

Reason for delivering at health facility

1. Need better service

23

22.8

2. Bad outcome with previous home deliver.

44

43.6

3. Difficulty during labor.

29

28.7

4. Others

5

4.9

Decision maker at home

1. The mother herself

79

11.3

2. Her husband

61

8.7

3. Both of them

563

80.0

Place of delivery for the next newborn

1. At home

193

27.5

2. Traditional birth attendant

12

1.7

3. Health institutions

498

70.8