Maternal satisfaction among vaginal and cesarean section delivery care services in Bahir Dar city health facilities, Northwest Ethiopia: a facility-based comparative cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic Characteristics of Delivering Mothers’ in Bahir Dar City, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 894)

Variables	Vaginal delivery		Cesarean section		Total
Variables	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Age (in years)
< 20 years	27	6.0	34	7.6	61	6.8
20–30	343	76.6	330	74.0	673	75.3
31–49	78	17.4	82	18.4	160	17.9
Ethnicity
Amhara	362	80.8	353	79.1	715	80.0
Oromo	45	10.0	50	11.2	95	10.6
Tigrie	14	3.1	23	5.2	37	4.1
Agew	27	6.0	20	4.5	47	5.3
Religion
Orthodox	305	68.1	303	67.9	603	68.0
Muslim	90	20.1	103	23.1	193	21.6
Protestant	50	11.2	38	8.5	88	9.8
Others^a	3	0.7	2	0.4	5	6.0
Marital Status
Single	45	10.0	53	11.9	98	11.0
Married	369	82.4	343	76.9	712	79.6
Cohabited	25	5.6	42	9.4	67	7.5
Divorced	4	0.9	3	0.7	7	0.8
Widowed	5	1.1	5	1.1	10	1.1
Educational Status
Unable to read and write	58	12.9	59	13.2	117	13.5
Able to read and write only	30	6.7	19	4.3	49	5.5
Grade 1–4	18	4.0	9	2.0	27	3.0
Grade5–8	47	10.5	33	7.4	80	8.9
Grade9–10	67	15.0	79	17.7	146	16.3
Grade11–12	71	15.8	83	18.6	154	17.2
Graduates	157	35.0	164	36.8	321	35.9
Occupation
House wife	124	27.7	139	31.2	288	32.2
Government employee	71	15.8	57	12.8	263	29.4
Farmer	152	33.9	136	30.5	74	8.3
Merchant	29	6.5	45	10.1	128	14.3
Student	18	4.0	21	4.7	39	4.4
Daily laborer	54	12.1	48	10.8	102	11.4
Residence
Urban	341	76.1	349	78.3	690	77.2
Rural	107	23.9	97	21.7	204	22.8
Monthly Income (in Birr)
< 1527	122	27.2	101	22.6	223	24.9
1527–3000	122	27.2	117	26.2	239	26.7
3001–5305	111	24.8	98	22.0	209	23.4
> 5305	93	20.8	130	29.1	223	24.9

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