Delivery Mode Preference and Associated Factors among Pregnant Mothers in Harar Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Participant’s sociodemographic characteristics among pregnant mothers in Harar Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia, 2018.

Variables	Delivery mode preference		Total/percent (%)
	C/S	SVD
Religion ()
Muslim	37	154	182 (45.7%)
Orthodox	56	78	134 (33.7%)
Catholic	6	21	27 (6.8%)
Protestants	16	39	55 (13.8%)
Ethnicity ()
Oromo	39	150	189 (47.5%)
Amhara	53	72	125 (31.4%)
Harar	7	21	28 (7%)
Gurage	10	19	29 (7.3%)
Others	6	21	27 (6.8%)
Maternal educational status ()
Yes	94	226	320 (80.4%)
No	21	57	78 (19.6%)
Maternal marital status ()
Married	114	279	393 (98.7%)
In relationship	1	4	5 (1.3%)
Husband/partner/educational status ()
Read and write	18	47	65 (16.3%)
Primary level	38	111	149 (37.4%)
Secondary level	26	69	95 (23.9%)
College and above	33	56	89 (22.4%)
Maternal age ()
<18 years	1	6	7 (1.8%)
18-30 years	96	254	250 (87.9%)
>30 years	18	23	41 (10.3%)
Maternal residence ()
Urban	114	260	374 (94%)
Rural	1	23	24 (6%)

C/S: caesarean section; SVD: spontaneous vertex delivery; : number.