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Table 3 Past obstetric history of respondents, Liban District, Oromia; southern Ethiopia, June 2015

From: Institutional delivery service utilization and associated factors among women of reproductive age in the mobile pastoral community of the Liban District in Guji Zone, Oromia, Southern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Past obstetric history

Frequency

Percentage

Number of previous birth

  

 1

67

8.5

 2–4

273

34.5

  > =5

451

57.0

 Total

791

100.0

Place of the birth preceding the most recent one

  

 Home

516

71.3

 Traditional birth attendant’s home

92

12.7

 Health post

8

1.1

 Health center

88

12.2

 Hospital

19

2.6

 Others

1

0.1

 Total

724

100.0

Presence of complication during the birth preceding the most recent one

  

 No

496

68.5

 Yes

228

31.5

 Total

724

100.0

Type of complication encountered during birth preceding the most recent onea

  

 Prolonged labor

126

50.4

 Excessive vaginal bleeding

30

12.0

 Still birth

47

18.8

 convulsion

43

17.2

 Others

4

1.6

 Total

250

100.0

  1. a: multiple responses are possible