Table 3 Practice of essential newborn care interventions across socio demographic groups of study participants in public health facilities of Bahir Dar City administration (N = 823), October 2015 to August 2016
Variables | Essential newborn care (ENC) practices | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|
Good ENC | Poor ENC | ||
Age | |||
15–24 | 67(18.9) | 287(81.1) | 354 (100.0) |
25–34 | 43(10.0) | 386(90.0) | 429 (100.0) |
≥ 35 | 3(7.5) | 37(92.5) | 40 (100.0) |
Residence | |||
Urban | 108(14.8) | 620(85.2) | 728 (100.0) |
Rural | 5(5.3) | 90(94.7) | 95 (100.0) |
Educational status | |||
No formal education | 28(16.2) | 145(83.1) | 173 (100.0) |
Primary | 30(16.9) | 147(83.1) | 177 (100.0) |
Secondary | 55(11.6) | 418(88.4) | 96 (100.0) |
Occupation | |||
Farmer | 64(15.1) | 359(84.9) | 423 (100.0) |
House wife | 5(5.6) | 84(94.4) | 89 (100.0) |
Employee* | 44(14.1) | 267(85.9) | 311(100.0) |
Religion | |||
Orthodox | 108(14.4) | 640(85.6) | 748 (100.0) |
Muslim | 5(6.8) | 68(93.2) | 73 (100.0) |
Protestant | 0(0.0) | 2(100.0) | 2 (100.0) |
Marital status | |||
Married | 111(13.7) | 700(86.3) | 811(100.0) |
Divorced | 2(20.0) | 8(80.0) | 10 (100.0) |
Widowed | 0(0.0) | 2(100.0) | 2 (100.0) |
Ethnicity | |||
Amhara | 109(13.8) | 679(86.2) | 788(100.0) |
Tigre | 3(12.0) | 22(88.0) | 25 (100.0) |
Awi | 1(14.3) | 6(85.7) | 7 (100.0) |
Oromo | 0(0.0) | 3(100.0) | 3(100.0) |
Grand total | 113(13.7) | 710(86.3) | 823 (100.0) |