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

Table 2

Last obstetric characteristics of respondents by residential area, Kembata Tembaro zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2020.

Variables (n = 607)	Category of characteristics	Rural		Urban		Total
		N	%	N	%	N	%
Age at first marriage	<18 years	133	21.9	54	8.9	187	30.8
	≥18 years	283	46.6	137	22.6	420	69.2
Age at first pregnancy	<20 years	145	23.9	36	5.9	181	29.8
	≥20	271	44.6	155	25.5	426	70.2
Gravidity	1	100	16.5	21	3.5	121	19.9
	2–4	120	19.8	103	17	223	36.7
	≥5	196	32.3	67	11	263	43.3
Parity	1	117	19.3	34	5.6	151	24.9
	2–4	68	11.2	133	21.9	201	33.1
	≥5	231	38.1	24	3.9	255	42
History of abortion	Yes	47	7.7	18	3	65	10.7
	No	369	60.8	173	28.5	542	89.3
History of still birth	Yes	47	7.7	6	1	53	2.1
	No	409	67.4	185	30.5	554	97.9
Last pregnancy planned	Yes	102	16.8	99	16.3	201	33.1
	No	314	51.7	92	15.2	406	66.9
Birth preparation	Yes	83	13.7	132	21.7	215	35.4
	No	333	54.9	59	9.7	392	64.6
ANC visit during last pregnancy	Yes	271	44.6	154	25.4	425	70.0
	No	102	16.8	80	13.2	182	30.0
ANC frequency (n = 198)	<4 visit	141	23.2	92	15.2	233	38.4
	≥4 visit	90	14.8	102	16.8	192	31.6
Place of delivery within the last 24 months	Health facility	175	56.6	134	43.4	309	50.9
	Home	215	35.4	37	6.1	298	49.1
Assistance during home delivery	My mother	19	3.1	10	1.6	49	16.4
	TBA	151	24.9	17	9.4	168	56.4
	Other family members	45	7.4	10	1.6	81	27.2
Duration of last labor	<12 hrs	98	16.1	58	9.6	156	25.7
	12–24 hrs	211	34.8	108	17.8	329	54.2
	>24 hrs	107	17.6	25	4.1	122	20.1
PNC visit after last delivery	Yes	64	10.5	98	16.1	401	66.1
	No	352	58	93	15.3	206	33.9
Experience adverse; Pregnancy outcome	Yes	73	12	35	5.8	108	17.8
	No	343	56.5	156	25.7	499	82.2