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Table 4 Characteristics of the most recent birth, 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

Characteristics of most recent birth

Frequency

Percentage

Place of the most recent birth

  

 Home

586

74.1

 Traditional birth attendant’s home

91

11.5

 Health post

10

1.3

 Health center

75

9.5

 Hospital

25

3.2

 Others

4

0.5

 Total

791

100.0

Who attended the most recent birth

  

 Relative

297

37.5

 Traditional birth attendant

286

36.2

 Health extension worker

10

1.3

 Midwife/doctor/nurse/health officer

102

12.9

 Nobody

96

12.1

 Total

791

100.0

Type of complications faced during the most recent birtha

  

 Prolonged labor

105

53.6

 Excessive vaginal bleeding

29

14.8

 Still birth

23

11.7

 Convulsion

32

16.3

 Others

7

3.6

 Total

196

100.0

Reasons for not delivering the most recent birth at a health institutiona

  

 Facility too far/no transportation

355

43.7

 Not customary

315

38.7

 Do not know the existence of service

41

5.0

 Do not trust health worker

41

5.0

 Not necessary

17

2.1

 Facility not open

14

1.7

 No female provider

3

0.4

 Others

27

3.3

 Total

813

100.0

  1. a: multiple responses are possible