Table 2 Characteristics of mothers and neonates in Aroresa district, Southern Ethiopia, 2018
Variables | Category | Frequency (n) | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Birth order | 1st and 2nd | 108 | 18.5 |
3rd and 4th | 294 | 50.5 | |
5th and above | 182 | 31.2 | |
History of still birth | Yes | 84 | 14.4 |
No | 500 | 85.6 | |
History of chronic diagnosed medical illness | Yes | 27 | 4.6 |
No | 557 | 95.4 | |
ANC visit | Yes | 405 | 69.3 |
No | 179 | 30.7 | |
Number of ANC visits | None | 179 | 30.7 |
1–2 | 209 | 35.8 | |
3 and 4 | 196 | 33.6 | |
Complication during labor | Yes | 83 | 14.2 |
No | 501 | 85.8 | |
Place of deliver | Health facility | 266 | 45.5 |
Home | 318 | 54.5 | |
Baby sex | Boys | 284 | 48.6 |
Girls | 300 | 51.4 | |
Birth type | Single | 560 | 95.9 |
Twin | 24 | 4.1 | |
Baby’s size | Average | 404 | 69.2 |
Small | 60 | 10.3 | |
Large | 120 | 20.5 | |
Birth interval | No previous birth | 61 | 10.4 |
< 24 months | 233 | 39.9 | |
24–48 months | 258 | 44.2 | |
> 48 months | 32 | 5.5 | |
Initiation of breast feeding | < 60 min | 520 | 89.0 |
> 60 min | 64 | 11.0 | |
Neonatal complication | Yes | 162 | 27.7 |
No | 422 | 72.3 | |
Post natal care | Yes | 309 | 52.9 |
No | 275 | 47.1 |