Table 2 Selected reproductive history of children’s mothers, Addis Ababa and the Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 1518)
Characteristics | Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gravidity/Parity | Prim gravid | 417 | 27.50 |
Multi-gravid | 1101 | 72.50 | |
Total number of pregnancy | 1 | 417 | 27.50 |
2–3 | 627 | 41.30 | |
4–5 | 316 | 20.80 | |
> 5 | 158 | 10.40 | |
Full and post term | Post term | 38 | 2.50 |
1–2 full term | 842 | 55.50 | |
3–4 full term | 412 | 27.10 | |
> 4 full term | 226 | 14.90 | |
Preterm | None | 1357 | 89.40 |
1–2 | 161 | 10.60 | |
Elective termination | None | 1427 | 94.00 |
1–2 | 91 | 6.00 | |
Spontaneous miscarriage | None | 1350 | 88.90 |
1–2 | 167 | 11.00 | |
3–4 | 1 | 0.10 | |
Still birth | None | 1425 | 93.90 |
1–2 | 93 | 6.10 | |
Living children | None | 35 | 2.30 |
1–2 | 872 | 57.40 | |
3–4 | 410 | 27.00 | |
> 4 | 201 | 13.20 | |
Infant/child death | None | 1358 | 89.5 |
1–2 | 152 | 10 | |
3–4 | 7 | 0.5 | |
> 4 | 1 | 0.1 | |
Birth Order in multigravidae | 1st | 77 | 6.99 |
2nd | 376 | 34.15 | |
3rd | 253 | 22.98 | |
4th | 159 | 14.44 | |
5th | 113 | 10.26 | |
>5th | 123 | 11.17 | |
Antenatal Care (ANC) | Yes | 1249 | 82.3 |
No | 269 | 17.7 | |
Gestational age at first ANC | None | 269 | 17.7 |
1-3 months | 625 | 41.2 | |
4-6 months | 624 | 41.1 | |