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Table 2 Reproductive health history and maternal health care service use by district, among women living in pastoralist regions, Ethiopia, 2016

From: Barriers and facilitators of maternal health care services use among pastoralist women in Ethiopia: Systems thinking perspective

Variables

Total (1499)

Dhas (646)

Gorodola (853)

p value

Current pregnancy prevalence

151 (10.1)1

41 (6.3)

110 (12.9)

< 0.001

Trimester

   

0.180

 First

22 (14.6)

8 (19.5)

14 (12.7)

 

 Second

43 (28.5)

13 (31.7)

30 (27.3)

 

 Third

86 (57.0)

20 (48.8)

66 (60.0)

 

Gravidae, mean ± SD

4.6 ± 3.12

3.9 ± 2.7

5.1 ± 3.3

< 0.001

Parity, mean ± SD

4.2 ± 2.8

3.5 ± 2.3

4.7 ± 3.1

< 0.001

Desire for future pregnancy

1213 (80.9)

546 (84.5)

667 (78.2)

0.002

Unwanted pregnancy (current n = 151)

20 (13.2)

9 (22.0)

11 (10.0)

0.054

History of unwanted pregnancy

92 (6.1)

27 (4.2)

65 (7.6)

0.006

Ever had pregnancy-related complications

658 (43.9)

244 (37.8)

414 (48.5)

< 0.001

History of abortion

254 (16.9)

137 (21.2)

117 (13.7)

< 0.001

Number of abortions, mean ± SD

1.5 ± 0.9

1.5 ± 0.8

1.5 ± 1.0

0.640

History of still birth

100 (6.7)

44 (6.8)

56 (6.6)

0.850

Contraceptive prevalence rate

260 (20.5)

104 (19.2)

156 (21.5)

0.32

Purpose of current FP utilization

   

0.15

 Spacing birth

237 (91.2)

98 (94.2)

139 (89.1)

 

 Limiting birth

23 (8.8)

6 (5.8)

17 (10.9)

 

Ever used FP during last 3 years

385 (25.7)

176 (27.2)

209 (24.5)

0.230

HEW visit for FP in last 12 months

851 (56.8)

490 (75.9)

361 (42.3)

< 0.001

ANC utilization during recent pregnancy

1232 (82.2)

537 (83.1)

695 (81.5)

0.410

Gestational age during first ANC booking

   

< 0.001

 < 3 months

429 (34.8)

285 (53.1)

144 (20.7)

 

 > 3 months

803 (65.2)

252 (46.9)

551 (79.3)

 

Number of ANC visits attended

   

< 0.001

 Only once

89 (7.2)

21 (3.9)

68 (9.8)

 

 Twice

188 (15.3)

60 (11.2)

128 (18.4)

 

 Three times

405 (32.9)

155 (28.9)

250 (36.0)

 

 Four and above

550 (44.6)

301 (56.1)

249 (35.8)

 

IFA supplementation pregnancy

806 (53.8)

388 (60.1)

418 (49.0)

< 0.001

Intake of IFA 90+ capsules

152 (18.9)

108 (27.8)

44 (10.5)

< 0.001

Delivery service utilization

576 (38.4)

341 (52.8)

235 (27.5)

< 0.001

 Birth

    

 Birth weight taken

433 (28.9)

277 (42.9)

156 (18.3)

< 0.001

 PNC service utilization during recent birth

605 (40.4)

393 (60.8)

212 (24.9)

< 0.001

Time of first PNC check-up

   

< 0.001

 Immediately after birth

649 (80.9)

324 (74.3)

325 (88.8)

 

 Within 2 days after birth

117 (14.6)

96 (22.0)

21 (5.7)

 

 3–7 days after birth

20 (2.5)

8 (1.8)

12 (3.3)

 

 7–28 days after birth

8 (1.0)

6 (1.4)

2 (0.5)

 

 More than 1 month after birth

8 (1.0)

2 (0.5)

6 (1.6)

 
  1. 1Number (%), all such values
  2. 2Mean ± SD, all such values