Determinants of Maternal Delivery Place in Ethiopia
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2014-09
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Addis Abeba university
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Addis Ababa University, 2014
Place of delivery care services could save unnecessary severe complications and
death among women during delivery. The objective of this study was to identify
and study the effect of socio demographic factors that are likely to affect place of
delivery care utilization in Ethiopia. The data used for the study were obtained
from the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS), a nationally
representative survey of ever married women 15 to 49 years of age. In order to
assess the relationship of social, economic and demographic factors on place of
delivery care utilization. The study used logistic regression analysis. Odd ratio
provides a meaningful way of interpreting the relationship between the
independent variables and utilization of place of delivery care. Results of an
estimated odds ratio of 1 indicate that the use of place of delivery care utilization is
no different from the relationship in the reference category. If the estimated ratio is
>1, the likelihood of the use of place of delivery care services is higher relative to
the reference category. If the estimated odds ratio is <1 the probability of
delivering at health facility is lower relative to the reference category. Results of a
CI covering 1 imply that there is no effect of the factor under consideration.
Otherwise, there is an effect of that variable. It was found that region, place of
residence, mother’s educational level, availability of television in the household,
frequency of watching television, number of antenatal visits during pregnancy, and
husband’s educational level were significantly associated with place of delivery
care
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Delivery Place in Ethiopia