Table 5 Women’s postnatal care utilization, type of health workers and time of visit, Tigray region, 2015
Variables | Home | Health facility |
|---|---|---|
PNC visit by type of health workers | Number (%) | Number (%) |
HEW | 194(87.4) | 21(5.3) |
Nurse | 30(13.5) | 80(20.1) |
Midwives | 18(8.1) | 44(11.0) |
Health officer | – | 2(5.0) |
I do not know | – | 285(71.4) |
Time of first PNC visit (n = 667) | ||
No visit | 445(66.7) | 269(40.3) |
Within two days | 31(4.6) | 14(2.1) |
3–6 days | 87(13.0) | 31(4.6) |
7–41 days | 95(14.2) | 224(33.6) |
42 and above days | 9(1.3) | 129(19.3) |
Time of second PNC visit at home (n = 667) | ||
No visit | 561(84.1) | 431(64.6) |
Within two days | 4(0.6) | 0(0.0) |
3–6 days | 13(1.9) | 11(1.6) |
7–41 days | 76(11.4) | 49(7.3) |
42 and above days | 13(1.9) | 176(26.4) |
PNC at least one visit within 42 days(n = 667) | 213(31.9) | 269(40.3) |
PNC second visit within 42 days(n = 667) | 93(13.9) | 60(9.0) |