Research Article
Extent of Home Delivery among Women Who Gave Birth in the Last One Year in Serbo, Kersa Woreda, Jimma Zone, Oromia Region, Southwest Ethiopia
Table 2
Obstetric characteristics of women who gave birth in the last one year at Serbo, Kersa Woreda, Southwest Ethiopia, July 2021.
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
| Age of mother at first pregnancy | 16–20 | 121 | 50.4 | 21–26 | 119 | 49.6 |
| Gravida | Primigravida | 169 | 70.4 | Multi gravid | 71 | 29.6 |
| Parity | 1–2 | 177 | 73.8 | ≥3 | 63 | 26.2 |
| Wanted pregnancy | Yes | 195 | 81.3 | No | 45 | 18.8 |
| Attendee ANC in last pregnancy | Yes | 179 | 74.6 | No | 61 | 25.4 |
| Place attended for ANC follow-up | Hospital | 6 | 3.4 | Health center | 173 | 96.6 |
| advantages of ANC follow-up | To assess maternal health conditions | 170 | 94.3 | To assess the fetal health condition | 162 | 90.5 | To assess fetal lying | 121 | 67.5 | To anticipate possible delivery complications | 66 | 36.9 | I do not know the advantages | 58 | 32.4 |
| Time when ANC follow-up started | First trimester | 165 | 92.2 | Second trimester | 14 | 7.8 |
| Number of ANC follow-ups attended during the last pregnancy | 1 | 3 | 1.7 | 2 | 103 | 57.5 | 3 | 67 | 37.4 | ≥4 | 6 | 3.4 |
| Reasons for not attending ANC | No health problem | 26 | 42.6 | Too busy to attend ANC | 24 | 39.3 | Others | 11 | 18.1 |
| Faced any danger signs during your last pregnancy | Yes | 25 | 10.4 | No | 215 | 89.6 |
| Type of danger signs you have faced | Vaginal bleeding | 11 | 44 | Headache | 9 | 36 | Others | 5 | 20 |
| Received any counsel regarding place of delivery | Yes | 160 | 91.1 | No | 16 | 8.9 |
| Receive any counsel regarding possible pregnancy and delivery complications | Yes | 160 | 91.1 | No | 16 | 8.9 |
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