Background
Methodology
Data collection period, and study population
Sampling techniques, procedures and study design
Data collection
Measurement of variables
Data analysis
Results
Socio-demographic characteristics of study subjects
Variables | Categories | Frequency(n) | (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Paternal occupation | Do not work | 398 | 13.7 |
Professional/managerial | 355 | 12.2 | |
Clerical | 37 | 1.3 | |
Sales | 397 | 13.6 | |
Agricultural employee | 1040 | 35.7 | |
Service | 181 | 6.2 | |
Skilled manual | 356 | 12.2 | |
Unskilled manual | 146 | 5.0 | |
Maternal occupation | Do not work | 1658 | 57.0 |
Professional/managerial | 118 | 4.1 | |
Clerical | 38 | 1.3 | |
Sales | 446 | 15.3 | |
Agricultural employee | 424 | 14.6 | |
Service | 67 | 2.3 | |
Skilled manual | 112 | 3.8 | |
Unskilled manual | 47 | 1.6 | |
Head of household | Male | 2350 | 80.8 |
Female | 560 | 19.2 | |
Maternal residence | Urban | 1243 | 42.7 |
Rural | 1667 | 57.3 | |
Maternal age | 15–19 | 143 | 4.9 |
20–24 | 718 | 24.7 | |
25–29 | 894 | 30.7 | |
30–34 | 604 | 20.8 | |
35–39 | 401 | 13.8 | |
40–44 | 124 | 4.3 | |
45–49 | 26 | 0.9 | |
Maternal education | No education | 1139 | 39.1 |
Primary | 1036 | 35.6 | |
Secondary | 453 | 15.6 | |
Higher | 282 | 9.7 | |
Region | Tigray | 484 | 16.6 |
Afar | 111 | 3.8 | |
Amhara | 230 | 7.9 | |
Oromia | 267 | 9.2 | |
Somali | 237 | 8.1 | |
Benishangul | 213 | 7.3 | |
SNNPR | 322 | 11.1 | |
Gambela | 199 | 6.8 | |
Harari | 265 | 9.1 | |
Addis Adaba | 334 | 11.5 | |
Dire-dawa | 248 | 8.5 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 1224 | 42.1 |
Catholic | 18 | 0.6 | |
Protestant | 443 | 15.2 | |
Muslim | 1206 | 41.4 | |
Traditional | 6 | 0.2 | |
Other | 13 | 0.4 | |
Wealth index | Poorest | 436 | 15.0 |
Poorer | 393 | 13.5 | |
Middle | 362 | 12.4 | |
Richer | 397 | 13.6 | |
Richest | 1322 | 45.4 | |
Readiness to have child | Wanted then | 2315 | 79.6 |
Wanted later | 452 | 15.5 | |
Wanted no more | 143 | 4.9 | |
Cigarette smoking | No | 2886 | 99.2 |
Yes | 24 | 0.8 | |
Chat chewing | No | 2600 | 89.3 |
Yes | 310 | 10.7 | |
Type of birth | Single birth | 2814 | 96.7 |
1st of multiple birth(twins) | 51 | 1.8 | |
2nd of multiple birth(twins) | 45 | 1.5 | |
Sex of the child | Male | 1477 | 50.8 |
Female | 1433 | 49.2 | |
Marital status | Married | 2867 | 98.5 |
Living with a partner | 43 | 1.5 | |
Child size at birth | Very large | 552 | 19.0 |
Large | 446 | 15.3 | |
Average | 1277 | 43.9 | |
Very small | 227 | 7.8 | |
Small | 408 | 14.0 |
Health professional assisted KMC
Factors associated with health professionals assisted KMC
Variables | Categories | HCPs assisted KMC | OR | OR | 95% CI | P- | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | COR | AOR | Lower | Upper | value | ||
Wealth index | Poorest | 216 (19.6) | 220(12.2) | 0.47* | 0.6 | 0.43 | 0.81 | 0.001 |
Poorer | 189 (17.2) | 204(11.3) | 0.50* | 0.62 | 0.46 | 0.86 | 0.001 | |
Medium | 138 (12.5) | 224(12.4) | 0.76* | 0.95 | 0.68 | 1.32 | 0.76 | |
Richer | 139 (12.6) | 258(14.3) | 0.86 | 1.06 | 0.78 | 1.45 | 0.72 | |
Richest | 420 (38.1) | 902(49.9) | 1 | 1 | ||||
Residence | Rural | 712 (64.6) | 955(52.8) | 0.61* | 0.77 | 0.59 | 1 | 0.05 |
Urban | 390 (35.4) | 853(47.2) | 1 | 1 | ||||
Household head | Male | 896 (81.3) | 1454(80.4) | 1 | 1 | |||
Female | 206 (18.7) | 354(19.6) | 1.06 | 1.03 | 0.84 | 1.25 | 0.8 | |
Khat chewing | No | 977 (88.7) | 1623(89.8) | 1 | 1 | |||
Yes | 125 (11.3) | 185(10.2) | 0.89 | 0.86 | 0.67 | 1.1 | 0.23 | |
Child sex | Male | 576 (52.3) | 901(49.8) | 1 | 1 | |||
Female | 526 (47.7) | 907(50.2) | 1.1 | 1.06 | 0.91 | 1.24 | 0.43 | |
Maternal | Not educated | 480 (43.6) | 659(36.4) | 0.70* | 1.07 | 0.79 | 1.45 | 0.68 |
education | Primary | 375 (34.0) | 661(36.6) | 0.9 | 1.17 | 0.87 | 1.57 | 0.29 |
Secondary | 152 (13.8) | 301(16.6) | 1.01 | 1.11 | 0.81 | 1.53 | 0.52 | |
Higher | 95 (8.6) | 187(10.3) | 1 | 1 | ||||
Child size at birth | Very large | 223 (20.2) | 329(18.2) | 1 | 1 | |||
Large | 162 (14.7) | 284(15.7) | 1.19 | 1.16 | 0.89 | 1.5 | 0.28 | |
Average | 451 (40.9) | 826(45.7) | 1.24* | 1.22 | 0.99 | 1.51 | 0.06 | |
Small | 93 (8.4) | 134 (7.4) | 0.98 | 1.03 | 0.75 | 1.42 | 0.85 | |
Very small | 173 (15.7) | 235(13.0) | 0.92 | 0.96 | 0.74 | 1.25 | 0.76 | |
ARDS | No | 991 (89.9) | 1642(90.8) | 1 | 1 | |||
Yes | 111 (10.1) | 166 (9.2) | 1.11 | 1.03 | 0.81 | 1.03 | 0.85 |