Women’s retention on the continuum of maternal care pathway in west Gojjam zone, Ethiopia: multilevel analysis

Table 1 Background characteristics of women who gave births within 12 months preceding the survey date, West Gojjam, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018

Variables	Number of women (N = 1281)	Percentage
Age of the mother (Years)
15–24	226	17.6
25–34	674	52.6
35–39	291	22.7
> = 40	90	7.0
Residence
Rural	978	76.3
Urban	303	23.7
Marital Status
Single	9	0.7
Married	1208	94.3
Divorced	57	4.4
Widowed	7	0.5
Education status
Cannot read and write	660	51.5
Read and write	164	12.8
Primary education	306	23.9
Secondary Education	101	7.9
Higher Education	50	3.9
Education status of the husband(n = 1212)
Cannot read and write	369	28.8
Read and write	287	22.4
Primary education	379	29.6
Secondary Education	105	8.2
Higher Education	73	5.7
Occupation
Employed	47	3.7
Merchant	132	10.3
Farmer	886	69.2
Daily worker	88	6.9
Housewife	108	8.4
Others	20	1.6
Occupation of the husband(n = 1212)
Employed	88	6.9
Merchant	161	12.6
Farmer	863	67.4
Daily worker	75	5.9
Others	25	2.0
Religion
Orthodox	1230	96.0
Catholic	29	2.3
Muslim	19	1.5
Protestant	3	0.2
Ethnicity
Amhara	1249	97.5
Others	32	2.5
Wealth quintile
Poorest	60	4.7
Poor	571	44.6
Middle	58	4.5
Rich	336	26.2
Richest	256	20.0
Birth order
1	288	22.5
2–4	661	51.6
5+	332	25.9
Interval between successive births(n = 993)
< 24 months	46	3.6
24–33 months	245	24.7
34–59 months	630	63.4
> =60 months	72	7.3
Intendedness of the pregnancy
Intended	1062	82.9
Mistimed	175	13.7
Unwanted	44	3.4
Previous use of family planning
Yes	942	73.5
No	339	23.5
History of adverse pregnancy outcomes
Yes	117	9.1
No	1164	90.9
History of Pregnancy related complications
Yes	135	10.5
No	1146	89.5
Knowledge of at least 2 danger signs
Yes	388	30.3
No	893	69.5

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