Utilization of Skilled Birth Attendance among Mothers Who Gave Birth in the Last 12 Months in Kembata Tembaro Zone

Table 1

Sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics of respondents in the Kembata Tembaro zone, 2020.

Variables (n = 607)	Category of characteristics	ANC follow-up
		Yes		No		Total
		N	%	N	%	N	%
Age categories in years	15–24	57	9.4	81	13.3	138	22.7
	25–34	252	41.5	143	23.6	395	65.1
	35 and above	34	5.6	40	6.6	74	12.2
Mother’s educational status	Unable to read and write	5	0.8	22	3.6	27	4.4
	Read and write only	89	14.7	185	30.5	274	45.1
	Secondary and above	249	41	57	9.4	306	50.5
Husband’s educational status	Unable to read and write	7	1.2	15	2.5	22	3.6
	Read and write only	75	12.4	142	23.4	217	35.8
	Secondary and above	261	42.9	107	17.6	368	60.6
Residence	Urban	121	19.9	70	11.5	191	31.5
	Rural	222	36.6	194	32	416	68.5
Mother’s occupational status	Housewife	175	28.8	197	32.5	372	61.3
	Merchant	118	19.5	50	8.2	168	27.8
	Employee (government/private)	50	8.2	17	2.8	67	10.9
Husband occupational status	Farmer	199	32.9	154	25.4	353	58.2
	Employee (government/private)	48	7.9	25	4.1	73	12
	Merchant	80	13.2	75	12.4	155	25.5
	Daily laborer	16	2.6	10	1.6	26	4.3
Ethnicity	Kembata	254	41.8	191	31.5	446	73.5
	Amhara	38	6.3	31	5.1	69	11.4
	Guraghe	32	5.3	20	3.3	52	8.6
	Others (^#)	19	3.1	21	3.5	40	6.6
Religion	Protestant	298	49.1	206	33.9	504	83.1
	Orthodox	23	3.8	35	5.8	58	9.5
	Muslim	15	2.5	17	2.8	32	5.3
	Others ()	7	1.2	6	1	13	2.1
Exposure to media	Radio	229	37.7	122	20.1	351	57.8
	Television	77	12.7	32	5.3	109	18.0
	Not exposed	37	6.1	110	18.1	147	24.2
Parents’ monthly income in ETB	Below 500	194	32.0	213	35.1	407	67.1
	501–999	91	15.0	36	5.9	127	20.9
	1000–1499	45	7.4	8	1.3	53	8.7
	≥1500	13	2.1	7	1.2	20	3.3
Number of family members	One	7	1.2	6	1	13	2.1
	Two	20	3.3	12	2	32	5.3
	Three	83	16.7	32	5.3	115	18.9
	Four	90	14.8	41	6.8	131	21.6
	More than four	143	23.6	173	28.5	316	52.1

Note. Others (^#) indicate Oromo, Tigre, Hadiya, and Wolaita ethnicities, and others () indicate Adventist, Hawarat, and Catholic religion followers.