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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents

From: Individual and community level factors associated with delayed first postnatal care attendance among reproductive age group women in Ethiopia

Variable

Weighted frequency

Weighted percentage

Maternal age(years)

 15–19

 20–34

 35–49

282

3167

859

6.53

73.52

19.94

Maternal education

 No formal education

 Primary education

 Secondary & above

2606

1319

383

60.49

30.61

8.90

Marital status

 Married

 Not married

4050

258

94.00

6.00

Religion

 Orthodox

 Muslim

 Protestant

 Othersa

1471

1800

882

155

34.13

41.78

20.48

3.60

Maternal occupation

 Working

 Not working

1798

2510

41.73

58.27

Household wealth status

 Poor

 Middle

 Rich

1954

890

1464

45.36

20.67

33.98

Size of the child at birth

 Small

 Average

 Large

1234

1790

1284

28.65

41.55

29.80

Birth order

 One

 Two & three

 Four & above

878

1317

2113

20.39

30.57

49.05

Antenatal care visit

 Less than four

 Greater or equal to four

2288

2020

53.10

46.90

Place of delivery

 Home

 Health facility

2748

1560

63.78

36.22

Covered by health insurance

 Yes

 No

164

4144

96.20

3.80

Media exposure

 No

 Yes

2819

1489

65.44

34.54

Perceived distance from the health facility

 Big problem

 Not a big problem

2606

1702

60.50

39.50

Residence

 Urban

 Rural

520

3788

12.07

87.93

Region

 Tigray

 Afar

 Amhara

 Oromia

 Somali

 Benishangul

 SNNPR

 Gambela

 Harari

 Addis Ababa

 Dire Dawa

314

43

189

1915

178

45

876

10

10

110

18

7.29

0.99

18.31

44.44

4.13

1.05

20.34

0.24

0.23

2.55

0.43

Community-level media exposure

 Low

 High

1959

2348

45.48

54.52

Community-level women education

 Low

 High

2011

2297

46.68

53.32

  1. Note; a=catholic, traditional and other religions, SNNPR Southern Nation Nationalities and People’s Region