Early Postnatal Care Service Utilization and Its Determinants among Women Who Gave Birth in the Last 6 Months in Wonago District, South Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers who gave birth in the last six months at Wonago District, South Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 612).

Variables	Frequency	Percent (%)
Age of mother at interval
≤19	21	3.4
20–26	277	45.3
27–32	252	41.2
≥33	62	10.1
Marital status of mothers
Married	600	98
Others	12	2
Place of residence
Rural	508	83
Urban	104	16.9
Educational status of mother
No formal education	348	56.9
Primary	217	35.5
Secondary and above	47	7.6
Educational status of father
No formal education	151	25.2
Primary	328	54.6
Secondary and above	121	20.2
Occupational status of mother
House wife	512	83.7
Farmer	5	0.8
Daily labourer	19	3.1
Government employee	14	2.3
Merchant	62	10.1
Occupational status of father
Farmer	290	48.3
Daily labourer	96	16
Government employee	39	6.5
Merchant	175	29.2
Wealth index
Low	205	33.5
Middle	203	32.2
High	204	33.3