Individual and facility-level factors associated with women’s receipt of immediate postpartum family planning counseling in Ethiopia: results from national surveys of women and health facilities

Mickler, Alexandria K.; Karp, Celia; Ahmed, Saifuddin; Yihdego, Mahari; Seme, Assefa; Shiferaw, Solomon; Zimmerman, Linnea

doi:10.1186/s12884-021-04278-3

Table 1 Sociodemographic and reproductive characteristics of postpartum Ethiopian women who delivered at a government health facility (n = 936)^b

From: Individual and facility-level factors associated with women’s receipt of immediate postpartum family planning counseling in Ethiopia: results from national surveys of women and health facilities

	Total		Received IPPFP counseling		Did not receive IPPFP counseling		P-value
	N	% (col)	N	% (col)	N	% (col)	P-value
Total	936	100.0	251	26.8	685	73.2
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age
15–19	112	12.0	22	8.8	90	13.2	0.326
20–34	686	73.2	194	77.3	492	71.7
35+	138	14.8	35	13.9	103	15.1
Urban/Rural residence
Rural	583	62.3	156	62.0	427	62.4	0.940
Urban	353	37.7	95	38.0	257	37.6
Region
Addis	53	5.7	20	7.9	34	4.9	0.368
Afar	5	0.6	1	0.2	5	0.7
Amhara	223	23.8	50	19.9	173	25.2
Oromia	377	40.2	103	41.2	273	39.9
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region	185	19.8	48	19.2	137	20.0
Tigray	93	9.9	29	11.7	63	9.2
Education
Never attended	264	28.2	71	28.3	193	28.2	0.513
Primary	418	44.6	120	47.7	298	43.5
Secondary or Higher	254	27.2	60	24.0	193	28.3
Religion
Protestant	214	22.9	61	24.2	154	22.4	0.028
Orthodox	424	45.3	130	51.9	293	42.9
Muslim	288	30.7	54	21.5	264	34.1
Catholic/Wakefeta/Other	10	1.1	6	2.3	4	0.6
Marital status
Never married/widowed/separated	20	2.1	6	2.6	13	1.9	0.550
Married/Living with partner	916	97.9	245	97.4	671	98.1
Wealth quintile
Lowest	96	10.3	20	8.0	76	11.1	0.495
Lower	139	14.8	41	16.2	98	14.3
Middle	169	18.1	54	21.6	114	16.7
Higher	226	24.1	53	21.3	172	25.2
Highest	306	32.7	83	32.9	224	32.7
Parity
1	327	34.9	61	24.2	266	38.8	< 0.001
2–3	345	36.9	118	47.1	227	33.2
4+	264	28.2	72	28.7	192	28.0
Reproductive characteristics
Number of ANC visits
0	118	12.4	31	12.4	85	12.4	0.447
1–3	391	41.9	95	37.9	296	43.4
4+	427	45.7	125	49.8	302	44.2
Received PPFP counseling during ANC^a
No	711	86.9	161	74.0	549	91.6	< 0.001
Yes	107	13.1	57	26.0	50	8.4
Delivery mode
Vaginal	840	89.8	206	81.9	635	92.6	< 0.001
Cesarean Section	96	10.2	45	18.1	50	7.4
Obstetric complications
None	501	53.5	132	52.5	370	53.9	0.765
Any	435	46.5	119	47.5	315	46.1
Prior use of contraception
No	291	31.1	59	23.3	232	33.9	0.011
Yes	645	68.9	192	76.7	453	66.1
Pregnancy intention
Wanted	628	67.1	169	67.3	459	67.0	0.942
Unintended	308	32.9	82	32.7	226	33.0
Delivery attendant
Skilled Attendant/Other	348	37.2	73	29.0	275	40.2	0.008
Nurse/Midwife	419	44.7	62	24.8	107	15.6
Doctor/Health Officer	169	18.1	116	46.2	302	44.2
Distance to closest facility (km), mean (SE)	5.96 (0.48)		6.47 (0.73)		5.77 (0.53)

^aAmong women who received at least 1 ANC visit
^bAll values were weighted to account for the complex survey design

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