Research Article
Birth Preparedness and Its Association with Skilled Birth Attendance and Postpartum Checkups among Mothers in Gibe Wereda, Hadiya Zone, South Ethiopia
Table 5
Percentage distributions of mothers in the categories of birth preparation tools of mothers in Gibe Wereda, South Ethiopia, March 2014.
| Birth preparedness | Response categories | Yes | No | | % | | % |
| Identified skilled provider | 192 | 26.4 | 536 | 73.6 | Saved money | 391 | 53.7 | 337 | 46.3 | Arrange blood donor | 20 | 2.7 | 708 | 97.3 | Identified place of delivery | 272 | 37.4 | 456 | 62.6 | Arrange transport | 118 | 16.2 | 610 | 83.8 | Prepared delivery kit | 615 | 84.5 | 113 | 15.5 | Prepared food | 684 | 94 | 44 | 6 | Made other arrangements | 105 | 14.4 | 623 | 85.6 |
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