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Table 3 Facility-level (n = 224) and woman-level (n = 936) descriptive characteristics of linked health facilities

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

Facility-level, linked facility characteristics (n = 224)

Total (n = 224)

Health Centers (n = 136)

Hospitals (n = 88)

p-value*

  

%

%

%

   

100

60.7

39.3

   

Provides IPPFP services

   

0.001

  

 Yes

93.7

89.7

100

   

Availability of long-acting, reversible (LARC) methods

 

0.002

  

 0–1 LARC method

13.4

19.1

4.6

   

 2 LARC methods

86.6

80.9

95.5

   

Availability of 3 short-acting (SA) methods

  

0.359

  

 Yes

71.4

73.5

72.7

   

Method stockouts in the last 3 months

  

0.226

  

 No stockouts

60.3

55.9

67.1

   

 Either LARC or SA stockout

31.7

35.3

26.1

   

 Both LARC & SA stockout

8

8.8

6.8

   

Ratio of deliveries to providers (monthly)

  

< 0.001

  

 Low

33.5

27.9

42.1

   

 Medium

33.5

26.5

44.3

   

 High

33

45.6

13.6

   

National Family Planning Guidelines available on-site

 

0.030

  

 Yes

51.8

48.8

56.8

   

Woman-level, linked facility characteristics (n = 936)

Total (n = 936)

Health Centers (n = 548)

Hospitals (n = 388)

Received IPPFP Counseling (n = 251)

Did not receive IPPFP counseling (n = 685)

p-value**

%

%

%

%

%

 

100

58.6

41.4

26.8

73.2

 

Provides IPPFP services

     

0.327

 Yes

92.5

87.3

100

95.0

8.4

 

Availability of long-acting, reversible (LARC) methods

 0–1 LARC method

10.6

16.6

2.2

10.8

10.6

 

 2 LARC methods

89.4

83.4

97.8

89.2

89.4

 

Availability of 3 short-acting (SA) methods

    

0.058

 Yes

68.8

65.9

72.9

61.9

38.1

 

Method stockouts in the last 3 months

    

0.744

 No stockouts

58.8

55.2

64

57.6

89.3

 

 Either LARC or SA stockout

33.5

37.3

28.2

35.7

32.7

 

 Both LARC & SA stockout

7.7

7.5

7.8

6.7

8.0

 

Ratio of deliveries to providers (monthly)

    

0.945

 Low

20.4

14.3

29.1

21.2

20.2

 

 Medium

33.2

23.5

46.9

33.6

33.0

 

 High

46.4

62.2

24

45.2

46.8

 

National Family Planning Guidelines available on-site

   

0.706

 Yes

50.1

46.1

55.8

48.5

50.7

 
  1. LARC Long-acting and reversible contraception, SA Short-acting contraception
  2. *Represents the design-based chi-squared test between each facility-level characteristic and government facility type (health center/hospital)
  3. **Represents the weighted bivariate logistic regression between each woman-level facility characteristic and women’s receipt of IPPFP counseling
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