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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of respondents, JUMC, Oct to Dec 2016

From: Prevalence of disrespect and abuse during facility based child birth and associated factors, Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia

Baseline characteristics

Number (%)

Baseline characteristics

Number (%)

Age (years)

15–19

24 (8.3)

Parity

1

150 (51.7)

20–24

112 (38.6)

2–3

107 (36.9)

25–29

108 (37.2)

> = 4

33 (11.4)

> = 30

46 (15.9)

History of ANC use during current pregnancy

yes

285 (98.3)

Religion

Muslim

217 (74.8)

no

5 (1.7)

Orthodox

55 (19.0)

History of previous institutional birth

no

166 (57.2)

Protestant

17 (5.9)

yes

124 (42.8)

Others

1 (0.3)

Length of hospital stay

≤ 24 h

250 (86.2)

Marital status

Married

271 (93.4)

>  24 h

40 (13.8)

Others

19 (6.6)

Number of health professionals attended the mother

1–2

158 (54.5)

Educational status

No formal education

67 (23.1)

> 2

132 (45.5)

Primary school

142 (49.0)

Sex of main health provider who attended a mother

Male

237 (81.7)

Secondary and above

81 (27.9)

Female

53 (18.3)

Occupation

Housewife

232 (80.0)

Faced birth complication/s during current labor

no

232 (80.0)

Employee

39 (13.4)

yes

58 (20.0)

Merchant

6 (2.1)

Income quintiles

Lowest

81 (27.9)

Student

5 (1.7)

Second

47 (16.2)

Others

8 (2.8)

Middle

73 (25.2)

Residential address

Outside Jimma

175 (60.3)

Fourth

39 (13.4)

Jimma town

115 (39.7)

Highest

50 (17.2)