Factors Influencing Women’s Preferences for Places to Give Birth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 1

Demographic variables and preferred place of delivery, Addis Ababa, January 2014.

Variables	Place of delivery
	Home	Public facility	Private facility
Demographic variables
Age group
15–24	9.6	75.1	15.3
25–29	5.8	66.9	27.3
30–49	5.8	67.7	26.5
Number of living children
0–2	5.1	71.7	23.2
3–6	11.7	61.7	26.6
Current marital status
Currently married	5.5	65.5	29.0
Cohabiting/living together	6.1	81.7	12.2
Others	15.8	72.6	11.6
Pregnancy intention
Unintended	13.0	74.4	12.6
Intended	4.4	67.3	28.2
Social structure variables
Mother’s educational status
No education	19.8	71.9	8.3
Primary education	7.4	79.5	13.1
Secondary education	2.8	65.5	31.7
Tertiary education	1.5	47.8	50.7
Mother’s occupation
Unemployed	6.9	70.9	22.3
Employed	6.8	64.1	29.1
Wealth index
Low	6.4	77.9	15.6
Middle	6.7	72.6	20.7
High	7.2	59.3	33.4
Health insurance
Yes	0.0	60.9	39.1
No	4.7	71.6	23.7
Type of residence
Slum	8.4	76.3	15.3
Nonslum	3.8	54.5	41.7
Ethnicity
Amhara	4.8	68.9	26.3
Guragie	7.1	75.8	17.0
Oromo	8.0	74.1	17.8
Tigraway	1.8	54.5	43.6
Others	15.2	56.5	28.3
Healthcare variables
Place of ANC visit
Public facilities	6.7	70.7	22.6
Private facilities	1.7	30.0	68.3
Counselled on danger signs of pregnancy
Yes	5.1	68.0	26.9
No	7.9	75.3	16.7

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