Research Article
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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