Research Article

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

Table 4

Preferences of the respondents, their husbands and mothers about the place, and attendants of delivery during their last pregnancy in the Kembata Tembaro zone, 2020.

Variables (n = 607)RuralUrbanTotal
N (%)N (%)N (%)

Final decision-maker about place of deliveryMy self181 (43.5)75 (39.3)256 (42.2)
My husband65 (15.6)46 (24.1)111 (18.3)
Both of us147 (35.3)60 ( (31.4)207 (34.1)
Others23 (5.5)10 (5.2)33 (5.4)

Preference of your mother
About place delivery
Home delivery305 (73.3)42 (22)347 (57.2)
Institutional delivery91 (21.9)135 (70.7)226 (37.2)
I don’t know20 (4.8)14 (7.3)34 (5.6)

Preference of your mother
About attendant of delivery
SBAs133 (31.9)121 (63.4)254 (41.8)
TBAs247 (59.4)32 (16.8)279 (46)
Relatives20 (4.8)26 (13.6)46 (7.6)
Others16 (3.8)12 (6.3)28 (4.6)

Preference of your husband
About place of delivery
Home delivery287 (69)157 ( (82.2)444 (73.1)
Institutional delivery98 (23.6)24 (12.6)122 (20.1)
I don’t know31 (7.5)10 (5.2)41 (6.8)

Preference of your husband
About attendant of delivery
SBA201 (48.3)135 ( (70.7)336 (55.3)
TBAs167 (40.1)32 (16.8)199 (32.8)
Relatives30 (7.2)21 (11)51 (8.4)
Others18 (4.3)3 (1.6)21 (3.5)